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To: <beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com><br>
From: Matthew Schlesinger <mdschles@gw.dec.state.ny.us><br>
Subject: [beemonitoring] Conservation status assessments for northeastern
Bombus<br><br>
Dear colleagues,<br><br>
I write on behalf of NatureServe to seek assistance for a project we<br>
(NatureServe and 5 northeastern US natural heritage programs) are<br>
working on to assess the state-level conservation status (S-rank) of<br>
bumble bees in five northeastern U.S. states. As you know, these<br>
conservation status assessments are widely used by federal and state<br>
government agencies and other conservation practitioners. <br><br>
The project consists of working with the natural heritage programs
in<br>
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York to develop<br>
state bumble bee lists and to complete the state assessments for
these<br>
species. These assessments are only as good as the information that<br>
goes into them. Can you help us with recent monitoring information
or<br>
other sources of information about distribution, population, trend,
and<br>
habitat, and/or can you point us to other people who do? Also, we’d<br>
like to know about any unpublished or recently published reports<br>
(written by you or others) that might not have come to our
attention.<br>
We’ll share this information with the heritage zoologists of the<br>
corresponding states so they can follow up on leads and compile data
to<br>
support their assessments.<br><br>
We’re excited to be able to add bumble bees to the list of<br>
invertebrate groups that these state heritage programs are tracking,
and<br>
the potential conservation benefits this may bring. Thanks in
advance<br>
for your help.<br><br>
Please reply to me offline:
<a href="mailto:mdschles%40gw.dec.state.ny.us">
mdschles@gw.dec.state.ny.us</a>.<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Matt<br><br>
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Matthew D. Schlesinger, Ph.D.<br>
Chief Zoologist<br>
New York Natural Heritage Program<br>
625 Broadway, 5th Floor<br>
Albany, NY 12233-4757<br>
office: (518) 402-8939<br>
NEW CELL: (518) 478-5261<br>
fax: (518) 402-8925<br>
<a href="mailto:mdschles%40gw.dec.state.ny.us">
mdschles@gw.dec.state.ny.us</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.nynhp.org/" eudora="autourl">www.nynhp.org</a> <br>
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