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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Elizabeth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You may want to peruse the interventions (in many cases these are management actions) for bee conservation listed at the Conservation Evidence website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://conservationevidence.regulus.titaninternet.co.uk/BrowseInterventions.aspx?SynopsisID=1">http://conservationevidence.regulus.titaninternet.co.uk/BrowseInterventions.aspx?SynopsisID=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lynn Dicks and others at the University of Cambridge have pulled together a very useful tool. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>_______________________________________________<br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mace Vaughan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pollinator Program Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joint Pollinator Conservation Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> USDA-NRCS West National Technology Support Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1971 – 2011: Forty Years of Conservation!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97215, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: (503) 232-6639 Toll free: 1-855-232-6639<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cell: (503) 753-6000 NRCS: (503) 273-2442<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:mace@xerces.org"><span style='color:blue'>mace@xerces.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Find all the information you need to conserve pollinator habitat at: <a href="http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/"><span style='color:blue'>www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/announcing-the-publication-of-attracting-native-pollinators/"><span style='color:blue'>Attracting Native Pollinators. Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit <a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.xerces.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pollinator-bounces+mace=xerces.org@lists.sonic.net [mailto:pollinator-bounces+mace=xerces.org@lists.sonic.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth A Sellers<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 11, 2011 1:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> pollinator@lists.sonic.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pollinator] Seeking Papers on Best Management Practices and Insect Collecting Impacts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Folks,</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'm looking for publications on the impacts and best practices for mowing, tilling, fire and invasive plant management in non-agricultural protected areas in relation to native been conservation. I'm less interested in pubs about 'how to create bee nesting habitat' and more interested in pubs that describe impacts and provide recommendations for conserving existing natural nesting habitat and other resources utilized by native bees. I'm already familiar with the Xerces Society's many excellent publications on effective management for pollinator conservation. But if any of you can point me in the direction of any other good references on this subject I'd appreciate it. I'm also interested in any papers that about the impacts (or lack thereof) of insect collecting activities on native bee populations.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Feel free to reply to me off-list (esellers@usgs.gov</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks, Liz<br><br>Elizabeth Sellers</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pollinator Information<br><br>Biological Informatics Program, Core Science Systems<br>United States Geological Survey<br>12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302<br>Reston, VA 20192 USA<br>Ph 703.648.4385 | Fax 703.648.4224 | esellers@usgs.gov</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>