<div dir="ltr">For Your Interest. Apologies if I'm just duplicating 'old news'.<div><div><br></div><div>More info about their BEE Protective work and other alerts like this one below is available at: <a href="http://beyondpesticides.org/pollinators/index.php">http://beyondpesticides.org/pollinators/index.php</a><br><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Liz</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Elizabeth Sellers</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Eco-Science Synthesis (ESS)</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries (CSAS&L)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">BISON Data Team; USGS Liaison to the Plant Conservation Alliance</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">United States Geological Survey (USGS)</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Reston, VA 20192 USA</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Room 2A231C</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">703.648.4385 <a href="mailto:esellers@usgs.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">esellers@usgs.gov</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Looking for species occurrence data for the U.S.? Check out:</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) <a href="http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div><i>Future generations will not be able to read and will communicate </i></div><div><i>using emoticons; and we 'dinosaurs' will be called upon to 'interpret' </i></div><div><i>text like Egyptian hieroglyphs from thousands of years ago.</i></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div><br></div><div>"<i>No amount of automation will replace human beings, but clumsy and belligerent automation will alienate them and suppress their creativity</i>." Kazic, et al., 2003. Whither Biological Database Research?</div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">
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<p> <img width="200" vspace="3" hspace="3" height="133" align="right" alt="" src="http://action.beyondpesticides.org/images/Sierra%20Castillo%20Santa%20Rosa%20CA%20A%20safe%20return%20to%20Pink%20Palace%20Honeybee%20retreatSanta%20Rosa,%20California.jpg">In light of President Obama's Memorandum directing federal agencies to take action on pollinator declines, groups and members of Congress are calling on EPA to take meaningful steps to save our bees. In a letter to EPA, Representatives Earl Blumenauer and John Conyers are urging the agency to follow the lead of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and revise pesticide regulations to protect pollinators from exposure to bee-toxic neonicointoids.<br>
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<b>>>Have Your Representative Join the Call</b><b>:</b> <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9S8GnI9qjWLFYQH4oyAtOiWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">Urge Your Member of Congress to Sign-on to the Blumenauer-Conyers Letter to EPA!</a><br>
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Pollinators, including honey bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and other insects, play a critical role in our agriculture systems. More than 70% of America’s food sources are pollinated by bees and the worldwide economic value of bee‐pollinated crops is as high as $125 billion per year. Since 2006, however, beekeepers have lost more than 30% of their hives annually—a huge threat to the vitality of our farms.</p>
<p><b>>>Let your Representative know that action on pollinators is needed now! </b><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cZeXbOcGlAxWprz6VplnZCWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">Ask them to join Representatives Conyers and Blumenauer in their letter to EPA.</a></p>
<p>Pollinators are a critical driver of healthy, nutrient-dense foods. One in three bites of food depends on honey bees and other pollinators, and without them food prices are sure to rise and some of our favorite foods may become unavailable. To be certain, <u>c<i>ontinued declines of these essential species are unacceptable in light of policy actions that can be taken by EPA now. </i></u><br>
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We need to put public pressure on our elected members of Congress to tell EPA to follow the lead of FWS and take the right steps to forward pollinator health. <br>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JYPoh2grkIYTbuKK%2BpTXWiWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">Click here to send an email to your Representative. </a>After you're finished, you can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected with your member of Congress. This follow up will make sure they've got the message. <br>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SvtzUnPJu%2B4xx7AJk6p4dSWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">See here for the Blumenhauer-Conyers letter</a>;<br>
<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F1ehe71gTmMl5%2FMiCPj3NCWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">See here for President Obama's Pollinator Memorandum</a>; and<br>
<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UhrrSTnd1OKjz2j8Fe0sHiWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">See this story about FWS' decision to ban neonicotinoids in National Wildlife Refuges</a>.<br>
To become more involved in protecting pollinators, visit Beyond Pesticides <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dXVQgP02%2BAXGgamTGIrOuCWOtN3cDCEW" target="_blank">BEE Protective</a> webpage.</p>
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