[Pollinator] FW: Concern about propylene glycol traps - propylene glycol ishighlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too
Sunny Boyd
sun at pollinator.org
Mon Apr 4 10:39:58 PDT 2011
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From: Gilbert, Leslie
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:02 AM
To: pollinator at lists.sonic.net
Subject: Concern about propylene glycol traps - propylene glycol is
highlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too
You might want to rethink the design of those traps. Propylene glycol
is highly palatable and deadly to cats and dogs and probably all sorts
of wildlife, too. Wide screening on the tops of those traps would make
them much safer and shouldn't interfere too much with collecting.
Leslie Gilbert NIFA (and catlover)
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Today's Topics:
1. New videos on using and making glycol traps for native bees
and mass painting of bee bowls. (Sam Droege)
2. Fw: Vacancy Announcement for Southern Rockies LCC
Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Administrator, GS-0480-14 -
Lakewood, CO (Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov)
3. Fw: USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation
Fund: Due MAY 1 (Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:36:47 -0400
From: Sam Droege <sdroege at usgs.gov>
Subject: [Pollinator] New videos on using and making glycol traps for
native bees and mass painting of bee bowls.
To: beemonitoring at yahoogroups.com, Entomology Discussion List
<ENTOMO-L at listserv.uoguelph.ca>
Cc: pollinator at nappc.org
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All:
We have just posted 3 new How-to videos.
1. How to make a propylene glycol native bee trap holder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87CXM7mq54
Cost = about 15 cents each
2. How to deploy, run, and process a set of glycol traps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DAY7bNOR4
3. How to quickly paint a lot of bee bowl traps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h-wA9M7-U4
Note that we are in the beginning phase of establishing a network of
glycol traps for long-term monitoring of bees. We will gradually
implement that throughout the this year. Last year's pilot and
recommendations are viewable at:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/Draft%20USFS%20Glycol%20Re
port%2022711.pdf
Which will soon be replaced by a final version.
Note that propylene glycol traps have the following advantages for
monitoring bees and doing bee research
1. They trap continuously and thus remove the effect of phenological
shifts and the choice of trapping day on captures of bees and also
require
fewer traps to effectively survey a site.
2. They are less work as they need only be filtered rather than bowl
traps put out and then picked up.
3. They can be incorporated into routine maintenance of weather
stations
and other periodic events and thus are easier for maintenance and
technicians to man.
sam
Sam Droege sdroege at usgs.gov
w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705
Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
"Weather"
Weather, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation
among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the
tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it
keenly
concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their
maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to
suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.
Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see,
And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be--
Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his
birth,
With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth.
While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incandescent
youth,
From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of
truth.
He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote
On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote--
For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow:
"Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler;
snow."
Halcyon Jones.
- Ambrose Bierce
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:01:50 -0400
From: Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Subject: [Pollinator] Fw: Vacancy Announcement for Southern Rockies
LCC Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Administrator, GS-0480-14 -
Lakewood, CO
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This vacancy is being advertised under both merit-based - open to
current
employees - and DEU (Delegating Examining Unit) opportunities - open to
all US citizens. The links in the emails below won't work since I'm
forwarding this email. For more info, search on "R6-11-450308-D" at:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA 22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal
plants.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>
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...The vacancy for the Southern Rockies LCC Coordinator was advertised
on
Monday, March 28 and will close on April 18. This position will work
closely with the SRLCC Steering Committee in developing the operations
and
objectives for the LCC as well as building effective science capability,
through the partnership, to support the needs for landscape planning and
conservation design for priotiy resouces. The successful candidate
will
need to undertake multiple challenges develop a cohesive partnership
among
agencies, tribes, and NGO organizations so as to develop the added-value
of the LCC's capability and service to leverage the multiple
conservation
efforts and initiatives across the geographic area.
This announcement has already been distributed to Science ARDs
throughout
the Service and will be provided to the agencies, tribes, and
organizations that are participating in the SRLCC. Please circulate the
announcement widely through your respective programs so that we can
recruit an outstanding candidate for this opportunity. I'd be glad to
answer questions or talk to folks who may be interested. Thanks for
helping Region 6 recruit for this key position.
Below are the direct USAJOBS weblinks to access the above referenced
vacancy announcements:
R6-11-446951-M (Merit/Government-Wide)
R6-11-450308-D (DEU/US Citizens)
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:38:33 -0400
From: Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Subject: [Pollinator] Fw: USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals
Conservation Fund: Due MAY 1
To: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org,
mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org, <pollinator at coevolution.org>
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----- Forwarded by Patricia De Angelis/ARL/R9/FWS/DOI on 04/01/2011
01:36
PM -----
Please note that the Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) have been
posted online for the Service's Wildlife Without Borders-Amphibians in
Decline Program (WWB-AD) and the Wildlife Without Borders-Critically
Endangered Animals Conservation Fund (WWB-CEACF). The deadline to
submit
proposals for both funds is May 1, 2011.
-------------------------
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces a call for proposals for
the
2011 Wildlife Without Borders: Critically Endangered Animals
Conservation
Fund to fund projects that conserve the world?s most endangered species.
Proposals are due MAY 1, 2011.
The Notice for Funding Availability (NOFA) is available at the following
link: http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/nofa_ceacf11.pdf
Additional guidance and specific links for the various forms and
requirements are listed below my signature.
Species eligible for funding are those that face a very high risk of
extinction in the immediate future. Species should meet the criteria to
be
listed as ?Critically Endangered? or ?Endangered? on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Species listed as
?Data Deficient? on the IUCN Red List are also eligible if the applicant
can provide information that suggests a similar urgency for conservation
action. Species listed as ?Extinct in Wild? are eligible if the
applicant
is proposing a reintroduction attempt. Proposed project work should
occur
within the species range, or, if work is to be conducted outside of the
range, the proposal should show a clear relevance to its conservation.
The fund prioritizes conservation actions and field activities, not
research.
The following species are NOT eligible for funding:
Species that do not meet the criteria to be listed on the IUCN Red List
as, ?Critically Endangered? or ?Endangered;?
Species with natural habitat range located primarily within the United
States, Canada, Europe, or Australia;
Species that are eligible for funding under one of the Multinational
Species Conservation Fund programs, including: Asian elephant, African
elephant, rhinoceros (all species), tiger (all sub-species), gorilla,
chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan, gibbons (all species) and marine turtles
(all species); and
Amphibian species. Amphibians are eligible for funding through the
Wildlife Without Borders - Amphibians in Decline, including frogs,
toads,
salamanders, newts, and caecilians.
The USFWS Division of International Conservation administers the
Wildlife
Without Borders: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund. The
USFWS contact is Matt Muir. Please submit your completed application by
email to fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov. Specific questions about the fund should
also be sent to fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov with the subject line: "CEACF
question: [species, country]."
Please forward this message on to any colleagues working on eligible
species.
Many thanks and good luck with your conservation projects.
Matt Muir, Ph.D.
Division of International Conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, ARLSQ 100c
Arlington, VA 22203-1622 USA
matt_muir at fws.gov
Fax: +1.703.358.2115
Direct line: +1.703.358.2061
If possible, we prefer that applications be submitted by email, but the
entire application must be sent as ONE FILE (a single doc or pdf
containing all the required elements: signed cover page, text of the
proposal, maps, budget, government letters of endorsement, etc).
Brevity,
spell-checking, and proof-reading are greatly appreciated. The Statement
of Need should be three pages or less.
The file must be formatted for LETTER, not A4, and please include
sequential PAGE NUMBERS on EVERY page.
Please submit your completed application by email to
fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov
After your application is received, you will receive an email to
acknowledge receipt of the application and giving you a reference number
(CE- for Critically Endangered). Please refer to these reference
numbers
in all future communications.
USFWS WEBLINKS
USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/global/ceacf.html
USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund: Information
page on How to Apply:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/global/critically_endangered_animal
s_conservationfund.html
USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund: Application
Instructions (Notice of Funding Availability, or Request for Proposals):
http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/nofa_ceacf11.pdf
Conservation Fund application cover page (all funds):
http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/3-2338A.pdf
Example timetable:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sampletimetable.pdf
Example budget:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/samplebudget.pdf
INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS
To obtain a DUNS number: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/index.jsp
To register with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database:
US registrants go to: http://www.ccr.gov (click on ?What You
Need
to Register?)
FOREIGN registrants go to:
https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/international.aspx
DOMESTIC (U.S.) APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AND SUBMIT
WITH THE APPLICATION
SF424 Application for Federal Assistance:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sf424.pdf
SF424b Non-construction Assurances:
http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sf424b.pdf
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