<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dear Pollinator Partner:<BR>
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Since we have had a flurry of recent SIGN ON requests (a Senate Agriculture Committee statement has already been filed), and since things are happening fast, we are offering some clarification.<BR>
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TODAY is the deadline for you to AGAIN sign on -- and it is important that you do so -- this time for LEGISLATION being introduced in the Senate by Senators Baucus and Chambliss that adds pollinator habitat to Farm Bill conservation provisions.</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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The letter provides support for the sponsors of the bill, and helps lay the groundwork for markup of the Farm Bill in coming weeks. It is below and attached.<BR>
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As an organization, you may sign as such.<BR>
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As a researcher, you may sign as an individual with your affiliation or institution.<BR>
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As a government employee, you may sign as a private citizen. This is your choice.<BR>
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Thank you for your rapid response and your help. Contact us or Tom Van Asdall (</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Grande" LANG="0" SIZE="3">tom@vanarsdall.com</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">) if you have questions.<BR>
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Thank you,<BR>
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Laurie Adams<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2"><B>May 21, 2007<BR>
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RE: Support for Pollinator Protection Habitat Act of 2007<BR>
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</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2">DEAR SENATOR BAUCUS AND SENATOR CHAMBLISS:<BR>
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THE UNDERSIGNED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT THE POLLINATOR PROTECTION HABITAT ACT OF 2007. <BR>
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YOUR LEGISLATION UTILIZES EXISTING FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN BOTH NATIVE AND MANAGED POLLINATOR HABITAT BY REQUIRING EXISTING CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE POLLINATOR HABITAT AS A CONSERVATION RESOURCE AND REWARDING PRODUCERS WHOSE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR POLLINATORS. <BR>
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POLLINATORS ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN MUCH OF AGRICULTURE AND IN HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. STRENGTHENING FARM BILL CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE FARM BILL TO BETTER ADDRESS POLLINATOR HABITAT NEEDS AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES REPRESENTS A CRITICAL STEP IN SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING POLLINATORS AND THEIR HABITAT.<BR>
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF POLLINATORS AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION. <BR>
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2"><U>ORGANIZATIONS</U></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2">:<BR>
American Society of Agronomy<BR>
Blue Diamond<BR>
Coevolution Institute<BR>
Crop Science Society of America<BR>
Environmental Working Group<BR>
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives<BR>
National Grange<BR>
National Wildlife Federation<BR>
Partners for Sustainable Pollination<BR>
Soil Science Society of America<BR>
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<BR>
The Ecological Society of America<BR>
Wildlife Habitat Council<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2"><U>RESEARCHERS/OTHER INDIVIDUALS</U></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" FAMILY="SERIF" SIZE="2">:<BR>
Laurie Davies Adams, Executive Director, Coevolution Institute<BR>
Nancy Adamson, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech<BR>
Dr. John E. Banks, Environmental Science, University of Washington, Tacoma<BR>
Dr. May Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, <BR>
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<BR>
Megan Bowes, Boulder, CO<BR>
Dr. Stephen Buchmann, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona<BR>
Dewey M. Caron, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, <BR>
University of Delaware<BR>
Steven Carroll, Professor of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO<BR>
David A. Cleveland, PhD, Environmental Studies Program, University of <BR>
California, Santa Barbara<BR>
Dr. Joseph Fail, Associate Prof Biology, Dept Natural Sciences, Johnson C. Smith <BR>
University, Charlotte, NC<BR>
Roger Lang, Montana Businessman - Sun Ranch, Papoose Creek Lodge, <BR>
TransAria<BR>
Linda Mahoney, Conservation Chair, Friends of Colorado Natural Areas<BR>
Mark A. McPeek, Professor of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College<BR>
G. Philip Robertson, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, <BR>
Michigan State University<BR>
Matthew Sarver, Biologist and Consultant, Sarver Ecological Consulting, <BR>
Blairsville, PA<BR>
Katherine Thompson, Woodland Hills, CA<BR>
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Laurie Davies Adams<BR>
Executive Director<BR>
Coeovlution Institute<BR>
425 Washington Street, 5th Floor<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>
415 362 1137 (p)<BR>
415 362 3070 (f)<BR>
LDA@coevolution.org<BR>
www.coevolution.org<BR>
www.nappc.org<BR>
www.pollinator.org<BR>
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