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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:kh@pollinator.org?subject=YES,%20Add%20the%20Organization-Individual%20to%20Highways%20BEE%20Act%20Support%20Letter">Click Here</a> to Sign On Now [deadline extended to June 21]! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>Who Can Sign? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b>Organizations</b> and <b>Companies </b><i>at all levels</i> (national, state, local) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b>Researchers/Scientists </b>(name, affiliation)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Other Individuals (name, city-state, affiliation if any)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u>Group Letter Signatory Status</u>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Nearly 50 Organizations and Companies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>16 Researchers/Scientists<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Nearly 200 Other Signatories [<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Plus 500+ more through a complementary outreach effort by a supporter-See ***Note Below!</span></i>]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://pollinator.org/PDFs/SupportforHwysBEE_Act.pdf">Click Here</a> for Group Letter and Complete List of Signatories to Date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><u>NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and COMPANIES<o:p></o:p></u></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:auto'></span><div class=WordSection2><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>American Beekeeping Federation<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>American Farmland Trust<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>American Honey Producers Association<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Burt’s Bees</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Blue Diamond® Growers<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Isaac Walton League of America<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Monarch Watch<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>National Audubon Society<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>National Bobwhite Technical Committee<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>National Farmers Union<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>National Gardening Association<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Pollinator Partnership<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>The Conservation Fund<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>United Fresh Produce Association<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Waste Management, Inc.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><div class=WordSection3><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <u>Highways BEE Act</u>: Recognizing the potential for both economic savings and mini-fauna wildlife and pollinator native forbs and grasses habitat on 17 million acres of highway rights-of-way (ROWs), DOT would be directed to use existing authorities to facilitate efforts by State DOTs and other transportation ROWs managers to implement integrated vegetation management (IVM), including reduced mowing and plantings of native forbs and grasses that will benefit pollinators.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lead co-sponsors Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL) are planning to introduce the Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act (<b>Highways BEE Act</b>) during National Pollinator Week (NPW), on <i>Thursday, June 23</i>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://p0.vresp.com/JOuePN">Click Here</a> for additional information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>*** Special Note of Thanks—Volunteer Supporter Ken from Florida on his own initiative launched a complementary petition through other networks asking concerned individuals to sign on to the group letter. He reports that as of yesterday, there were over 500 additional signatories, and still growing! Ken has generously offered to provide the signatory list to be appended to the group support letter when it is transmitted to key Members of Congress. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Pollinator Partnership Director of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Van Arsdall & Associates Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> (703) 509-4746<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="mailto:tva@pollinator.org">mailto:tva@pollinator.org</a> or <a href="mailto:tom@vanarsdall.com">mailto:tom@vanarsdall.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/">Pollinator Partnership</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2011.htm"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=98 height=104 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC2D10.BCE3E3C0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>