<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">For everyone's interest. Apologies if I'm just duplicating 'old news'.</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Cheers, Liz</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></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><u></u>
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<span style="font-size:14px">On Monday, September 22nd, the Seattle City Council approved an ordinance that bans use of products containing neonicotinoids. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Our nation's food and farming system relies upon honey bees for continued prosperity. One in three bites of food we eat is pollinated by honey bees. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="line-height:normal">Neonicotinoids-a class of neurotoxic pesticides that kill insects by blocking nerve impulses-are particularly harmful to bees and other pollinators because they move systemically throughout the plant to the pollen or nectar and can persist in the soil for several years after the last application. </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Fortunately, cities across the nation like Seattle WA, Spokane WA, Shoreline MN, and Eugene OR are leading the way in protecting pollinators from harmful neonicotinoids. </span></p>
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