<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">A colleague of mine just brought this
survey to my attention and I thought the pollinator community might also
be interested in responding to it. Apologies if this is old news or duplicated
from a previous posting.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">A partnership involving the University
of California-Santa Barbara, National Council for Science and the Environment,
and the Society for Conservation Biology and supported by a grant from
the Kresge Foundation is running a survey <</font><a href="http://www.40q.org/usa/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?studyname=USA&ac=YSVTPK&hid_pagenum=1&hid_link=1&hid_javascript=1"><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.40q.org/usa/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?studyname=USA&ac=YSVTPK&hid_pagenum=1&hid_link=1&hid_javascript=1</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">>
<b>asking policy-makers and conservation scientists to identify top priorities
for policy-relevant research</b> on effective management of species, ecosystems,
and ecological processes. This effort is being coordinated by a seven member
team that includes </font><a href="http://www.fort.usgs.gov/staff/staffprofile.asp?StaffID=70"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">J.
Michael Scott</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> (Research Ecologist,
USGS Fort Collins Science Center)</font><a href=http://www.40q.org/usa/graphics/FAQ.pdf></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.
The </font><a href=http://www.40q.org/usa/graphics/FAQ.pdf><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">FAQ</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
page <</font><a><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.40q.org/usa/graphics/FAQ.pdf</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">>
states that "</font><font size=2 face="Arial">In February 2010, a
group of approximately 50 thought leaders from the public, private, and
nonprofit sectors will convene to synthesize the pool of submitted questions
to the top 40. The questions will then go to policy-makers, funders of
research, and the scientific community.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">The Top 40 survey is also mentioned in the
</font><a href="http://wildlifeprofessional.org/blog/?p=1456&cpage=1"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Wildlife
Society Blog <http://wildlifeprofessional.org/blog/?p=1456&cpage=1</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regards,<br>
<br>
Elizabeth Sellers</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NBII Pollinators Project<br>
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