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<h1><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/apr/09/butterfly_art_project_may_be_sweet_bees/?city_local">http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/apr/09/butterfly_art_project_may_be_sweet_bees/?city_local</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h4><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>*Please take note of the “Local artist making a
'buzz' with preservation efforts” video on the left hand side.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h4>
<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Butterfly
art project may be sweet for bees <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=byline><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>By Eric Weslander<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=date><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Monday,
April 9, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>An
artwork envisioned for a patch of ground east of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:City></st1:place> will tell the story of the birds and
the bees — or at least, the butterflies and the bees.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lawrence</span></font></st1:City> crop artist Stan
Herd is collaborating with <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kansas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in a plan to raise awareness of the loss
of habitat for pollinating animals by building a 2-acre earthwork of a
butterfly at Pendleton’s Country Market east of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The work
should be finished by late June, in time for the U.S. Senate-designated
“National Pollinator Week” at the request of the North American
Pollinator Protection Campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“I’ve
always felt that artwork used properly was a platform for the discussion of
issues,” said Herd, who is known internationally for his large-scale
artworks built into the landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Herd
became involved in the project at the request of Chip Taylor, KU professor of
ecology and evolutionary biology, who says that thousands of acres of
pollinating animals’ habitat per day are lost to development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Losing
pollinating animals means losing a key part of the ecosystem, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Taylor</st1:City></st1:place> said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“All
the seeds, fruits, nuts and vegetation of all the plants that are supported by
these pollinators is food for everything else,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
earthwork, which will be made using thousands of petunias, will replicate the
southern dogface butterfly depicted on one of four “pollination”
stamps the U.S. Postal Service will issue this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Taylor</span></font></st1:City></st1:place> said
he’s trying to raise about $25,000 in coming weeks for the project.
Donations can be submitted online at www.pollinator.org or made by contacting
Laurie Adams at (415) 362-1137.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'>Jennifer Tsang<br>
<a href="http://coevolution.org" title="http://coevolution.org">Coevolution
Institute</a><br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'><a
href="http://www.pollinator.org" title="http://www.pollinator.org">www.pollinator.org</a></span></font><font
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