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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thanks to Larry Stritch (US Forest Service) for the following message…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></b></p><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""> <a href="mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com">beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com">mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>'Otto, Clint' <a href="mailto:cotto@usgs.gov">cotto@usgs.gov</a> [beemonitoring]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com">beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com</a>; GS-NPWRC Pollinator<br><b>Subject:</b> [beemonitoring] US Pollinator Library website launched</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My team at the US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center has developed a website that documents and synthesizes plant-insect interaction data in a searchable database. We call it the "Pollinator Library". </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/pollinator/" target="_blank">http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/pollinator/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Feel free to have a look. If you have time, please<span style="color:black"> submit comments to <a href="mailto:npwrc_pollinator@usgs.gov">npwrc_pollinator@usgs.gov</a> [cc'd]. The website is new and we are looking to make it better!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The database supporting the website isn't extensive yet, but it is enough to construct the website framework and search features. One of our main goals this summer is to expand the database that supports the website. We will do this by reaching out to people who want to contribute plant-insect interaction data. Please contact us at <a href="mailto:npwrc_pollinator@usgs.gov">npwrc_pollinator@usgs.gov</a> if you are interested in sharing data. Old datasets from past research/monitoring projects are welcome!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Clint</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Clint Otto</p><p class="MsoNormal">Research Ecologist</p><p class="MsoNormal">USGS, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center</p><p class="MsoNormal">8711 37th St SE</p><p class="MsoNormal">Jamestown, ND 58401</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:cotto@usgs.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3333ff">cotto@usgs.gov</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">tele: (701) 253-5563</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://profile.usgs.gov/cotto" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3333ff">https://profile.usgs.gov/cotto</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>