The department developed the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notification Registry ("registry") so you can be aware of pesticides applied to your neighbors lawns, trees and shrubs by commercial lawn and landscape firms before the pesticides are applied. State regulations require persons interested in having their residential address listed in the registry to submit a request to the department no later than February 1. The registry applies only to individuals at the address where they reside. Businesses, schools, day cares, work are not eligible to apply to join the registry.

Be aware that the information you provide to the registry is not considered confidential. Lawn and landscape companies need this information in order to comply with the law so the name, address and phone numbers of registry participants are available through our Web site. Because of Wisconsin's Open Records Law, we cannot restrict access to the registry.

Please read "Commonly Asked Questions" for more program information.

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If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice program at
(608) 224-4616 or (608) 224-5296. Please call the Department's Lawncare Hotline at (608) 224-5296 as soon as possible if you see a red and white warning sign and did not receive notification.

Participants must register using the Registration link on the left side of this page. You are required to provide a valid email address for use as a user name and for receiving future automatic messages from the department. You will be prompted to create a password during the registration process. Record the email user name and password to log in later in the application process to add the notification addresses, view your account, and add or change information.

The registration process is open from December 1 to February 1. From February 2 through October 31 you may log in to view your registry information but will not be able to change it.

The registry applies only to individuals where they reside. Businesses, work, schools, day cares are not eligible to apply to join the registry. Incorrect or incomplete information may invalidate your request. You must include a phone number that is answered, has voice mail or an answering machine.

Logging in requires the registration of an email user name and a password. Participants must register before trying to log in. Participants must log in to add the addresses to be included for notification. Registry applications are incomplete without adding the notification addresses and will not be included on the registry. After you log in, you can add the addresses to be included for notification by clicking "My Properties" on the left hand side menu or by clicking "Add Properties" on the "Participant Information" page.

The address you request for notification will be verified using postal comparison. We suggest that you log in a few weeks after applying and check your account (before the February 1st deadline) so you may make any needed corrections to the addresses you requested. Any address that has been flagged as having errors may not be included on the registry and you may not receive notification from the commercial applicators.

Changes and corrections to registry information may be made only December 1 through February 1. The log in screen may be used to view your registry information from February 2 through October 31.

• Registry applications are incomplete without adding the notification addresses and will not be included on the registry. After you log in, you can add the addresses to be included for notification by clicking "My Properties" on the left hand side menu or by clicking "Add Properties" on the "Participant Information" page.
• You will need to list the individual addresses of your neighbors that may have their lawns, trees and shrubs treated with pesticides by a commercial service.
• Addresses must be complete (including direction, if any, and street suffix) and correctly spelled to be included for notification. The requested addresses will be verified using postal comparison and any incomplete or incorrect addresses may invalidate your request.
• Addresses must be either on your block of residence or an immediately adjoining block.
• Although you have listed your neighbors addresses on the registry, you cannot stop a landscape pesticide application on their property.
• You can only list school, daycare, business or work addresses if the school, daycare, business or work is on your block of residence or an immediately adjoining block.
• The registry does not apply to agricultural property, utility or roadside right-of-way areas or structural pest control applications made around building foundations.
• You do not need to know if your neighbors intend to use a commercial service in order to list their address.
• We will exclude ineligible addresses from the registry.

The 2011 Landscape Registry is no longer available on-line. A new on-line registry will be available by March 1, 2012.