AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS ARE COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND PRODUCERS MUST BALANCE INPUTS, OUTPUTS, AND VARIOUS STRESSORS IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. RECENTLY, PESTICIDE REGISTRATION DECISIONS HAVE ADDED NEW USE RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIRED CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR PROTECTION OF SPECIES LISTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA; LISTED SPECIES). PRODUCERS WILL NOW NEED TO BALANCE INCREASING SCALES OF COMPLEXITY FOR PESTICIDE INPUT DECISIONS WHILE CHALLENGED WITH EMERGING PESTS AND PRODUCTION STRESSORS. ON JULY 28TH, 2022, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES IN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MET TO SHARE EACH ORGANIZATION'S PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO BALANCE THESE CHALLENGES AND IDENTIFIED GOALS THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH INPUT FROM A WIDER AUDIENCE.THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE WORKSHOP WILL UTILIZE SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO IDENTIFY THE PRIMARY ADAPTIVE NEEDS/SCENARIOS FOR CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING STRESS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, PESTS, PATHOGENS, INVASIVE PLANTS, AND INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES.BY CONNECTING ECOSYSTEM HEALTH TO PRODUCTION SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY, PRODUCTIVITY, SOCIOECONOMIC VIABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND BIODIVERSITY, WE HOPE TO BUILD GREATER RESILIENCE ON LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE SCALES IN BOTH LISTED SPECIES PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.