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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Andrew Kratz
[mailto:akratz@fs.fed.us] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 25, 2009
8:27 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Larry Stritch; pdl wo nfs
f&rge bot reg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Olivia Kwong;
LDA@coevolution.org; mdshepherd@xerces.org; eric@xerces.org; sblack@xerces.org;
Robert J Cain; Susan E Gray; Rebecca Aus; Andrew Kratz; Barry C Johnston;
Bernie Bornong; Beth Bischoff; Bob Mountain; Bruce L Davidson; Cara MacMillan;
Chelsea Vollmer; Cheryl L Mayer; Craig Beckner; Cynthia E Buckert; Dan Scaife;
Dean Erhard; Deanna Reyher; Elizabeth K Roberts; Eugene F Bolka; Gay T Austin;
Gretchen Fitzgerald; Jake Powell; Jeffery Redders; Jeffrey S Abegglen; Jill
Larson; John G Proctor; John Sidle; Jon Warder; Julie Laufman; Katherine
Zacharkevics; Kathy Roche; Kathy S Carsey; Kent E Houston; Kevin L Kovacs;
Lucretia Y Smith; Mark Lane; Mary Lata; Mike Wrigley; Nicholas Drozda; Patrice
Lynch; Peter N Edwards; Ron Torretta; Sara Brinton; Sheila Lamb; Steve J
Popovich; Steve Olson; Steve Tapia; Wendy Haas; Wendy Holden;
reg.rothwell@wgf.state.wy.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fw: Butterfly bill flies
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Larry - Here's an inspiring story of results from
the efforts of a couple of elementary school children in <st1:State w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State>
(one is the son of <st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place> Service wildlife
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<font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
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<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>740 Simms Street</span></font></st1:Street>
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Greg Hayward/R2/USDAFS@FSNOTES, andrea.orabana@wgf.state.wy.us, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nancy</st1:place></st1:City>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hey Gang - just thought you'd like to know a little
wildlife/botany activity going on in WY. Sorry I'm missing the regional
wl meeting, but this is part of the reason. It's been a fun and
educational project for these kids. We had quite some discussions about
picking an insect that was both a pollinator and yet not a potential T&E!</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Andrea
- I was going to get a hold of an I&E person in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cheyenne</st1:place></st1:City> to see if WGFD interested in any
kind of signing event, since you guys will be in charge of managing for it! Sorry
we didn't get you guys involved earlier. Please circulate among non-game
folks if you would.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Cheers.
JON</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Jon
Warder<br>
Fire and Fuels/ Safety/Wildlife<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bighorn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">National Forest</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2013 Eastside 2nd St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">WY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">82801</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(307)674-2631<br>
(307)674-2668 fax<br>
jwarder@fs.fed.us</span></font> <br>
<font size=1 color=purple face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:sans-serif;color:purple'>----- Forwarded by Jon Warder/R2/USDAFS on
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:14:55 -0700<br>
From: RobertW@uwyo.edu</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>For Immediate Release</span></font>
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<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Contact: Robert Waggener,
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<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Phone: (307) 766-3571</span></font>
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<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'> </span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Date: Feb. 23, 2009</span></font>
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<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Butterfly bill flies
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The “butterfly bill” fluttered through the
Wyoming House on Feb. 20, passing 51-9, and it now awaits the signature of Gov.
Dave Freudenthal.</span></font> <br>
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“It will be fun developing the marketing plan for
the state of <st1:State w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State> promoting our newest
symbol, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s
green hairstreak,” said one of the bills co-sponsors, Rep. Rosie Berger,
R-Big Horn. </span></font><br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“Maybe even this
spring I will identify the butterfly while taking a hike in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Big</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Horn</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountains</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, listening to
meadowlarks, our state bird, and finding my first Indian paintbrush, our state
flower,” Berger said.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
Berger credits <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Big</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Horn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Elementary
School</st1:PlaceType> students Tanner Warder and Lydia Mayer and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Wyoming Professor Scott Shaw</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for the
success of Senate File 16. On two occasions, the trio testified before
legislative committees.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
“I believe because of the excellent presentations
given by Tanner and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lydia</st1:country-region> of
the research they did with their class members, and, with Dr. Shaw, the
committees were confident the state butterfly should be the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s green hairstreak,”
Berger said.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“I believe Dr.
Shaw’s work helped with passage of the legislation, and if anyone gets
the opportunity to read his article in the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Reflections</span></i>
magazine of 2007, it will prove why we should have a state butterfly and that
it be the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s
green hairstreak,” she added.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>The article is at </span></font><a
href="http://www.uwyo.edu/agexpstn/reflections/2007/reflections%202007%20web.pdf"><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>www.uwyo.edu/agexpstn/reflections/2007/reflections%202007%20web.pdf</span></font></a><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>, or copies can be ordered, free
of charge, by calling (307) 766-3667 or e-mailing kathbert@uwyo.edu.</span></font>
<br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Shaw, an entomologist in
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Agriculture</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s Department of
Renewable Resources, stated in the article that <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Callophrys sheridanii</span></i> is a lovely insect, being one of the
few green butterflies in the region. </span></font><br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>It was discovered in 1877
near the location of present-day <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>,
Shaw said. Both the town and the butterfly are named after Lt. Gen. Philip H.
Sheridan, a famous Civil War commander.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
The butterfly occurs widely across <st1:State w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State>
in mountains and foothills, wherever its primary food source (the
sulphur-flower) is found, said Shaw, who, as curator of the UW Insect Museum,
estimates <st1:City w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:City>’s green hairstreak is
one of at least 12,000 insect species found in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:place></st1:State>.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
Shaw praised the two Big Horn students for their research
and presentations in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cheyenne</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></font>
<br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
“I was impressed they were very thoughtfully
prepared. Their research was outstanding, and the quality of the information
they presented and how they presented it equaled that of many college
students,” Shaw said. “They were very poised speakers.”</span></font>
<br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Warder, now a fourth
grader at Big Horn, launched the project last school year for extra credit as
part of a program led by third-grade teacher Laurie Graves and Big Horn’s
gifted and talented teacher, Marcia McChesney. </span></font><br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>He then collaborated with
classmate Mayer to get input from other Big Horn students, and they also
consulted with Shaw on numerous occasions to learn more about the butterfly
before presenting their idea last year to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
legislators, including the bill’s chief sponsor, Sen. Bruce Burns,
R-Sheridan.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“Dr. Shaw was a big
help,” Warder said shortly after learning the bill passed through the
Wyoming House on Friday. “He gave us tons of information. He gave us
ideas and support, and he came to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cheyenne</st1:place></st1:City>
twice to testify with us.”</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Warder, the son of Karla
and Jon Warder of Big Horn, admitted he was nervous while making presentations
before the two legislative committees.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“Getting up in front
of them was pretty scary, but it was neat and fun. They were really supportive,
and some of them were pretty funny. Some of them were jokingly teasing Sen.
Burns about the butterfly bill; they were making us all laugh.”</span></font>
<br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Warder added, “I
wasn’t even sure it would get through the committee, but <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lydia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and I
really worked hard on this. I probably would have gotten pretty depressed if it
hadn’t gotten through.”</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Asked about the nine House
members who voted against the bill, Berger responded, “The no votes
really had more to do with giving the students the experience of knowing it
isn’t easy to pass legislation. And, even if you like the butterfly idea,
it may not be to some the most important thing to do that day in the Wyoming
Legislature.”</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Karla Warder said her son
started learning about the democratic process early in his project. </span></font><br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“It was hard when
the entire school voted for the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s
green hairstreak because Tanner initially liked the anicia checkerspot, a
butterfly that feeds on our state flower, the Indian paintbrush. He had to
understand when people get to choose, not everyone gets what they want.”</span></font>
<br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Warder added with a laugh,
“Tanner loves the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s
green hairstreak, and I think he’s actually forgotten about being
disappointed at first.”</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>In his article, Shaw said
his first recommendation as state butterfly was <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sheridan</st1:place></st1:City>’s green hairstreak, while the
anicia checkerspot came in number two.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“Dr. Shaw was a
terrific help in assisting the students with their research, and having
narrowed the legislation to a state butterfly will give future classes in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:place></st1:State> a chance at
naming a state insect,” Berger said. “In today’s difficult
times, it is great to see civic engagement at its best with student involvement
in their government.”</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Berger said Freudenthal is
expected to sign the bill within a couple of weeks, and she hopes Warder, Mayer
and Shaw can attend.</span></font> <br>
<font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>“They did a lot of
work on the project, and it should be their day, one to be proud of,” she
said.</span></font> <br>
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