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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The paper about climate change and bumble bees published last week published in the journal Science caused quite a stir. In the days since, we've had time to read and digest the paper. Rich Hatfield, conservation biologist with our Endangered Species Program, has written an article for the Xerces Society blog, setting the new research in the context of wider bumble bee conservation issues, and underscoring the importance of habitat for building resilience within bumble bee populations. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The opening of Rich’s article is pasted in below. Please click on the link to our blog to read the entire piece.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Matthew</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">********************************</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Climate Change Driving, Not the Only Passenger; Bumble Bee Conservation in Context</span></h3><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On Thursday July 9, 2015, a paper about the effects of climate change on bumble bee ranges was published in the journal <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6244/177.full?sid=58291314-70ff-4580-8334-51dd6d563cdc" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Science</span></em></a> by Dr. Jeremy Kerr and several colleagues. This is an impressive body of research and does much to further our understanding of landscape-scale effects on insects. Understandably, this research has garnered a lot of attention from national news outlets, as well as the scientific and conservation communities. Here at the Xerces Society we have taken particular note of its conclusions as they will help to inform our research and restoration efforts in the years to come. This blog is intended to help interpret the results of this study, provide some context for these results, and examine how they may affect the conservation landscape.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">While these results are impressive, and exemplify an important body of work, we believe that they should be interpreted in the context of what we know about bumble bee conservation as a whole — at least here in North America. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Read the whole blog at <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xerces.org%2Fblog%2F&h=OAQHZHg7b&enc=AZMVqj5oP2G-luz99AJpM6nT4Dxyi5kHyFKddwmAI_JiHwxsEiL3Qsb0gqge47qKyLKiogzksqf8i410lj3S3QNJOZs5qLCCWGwXVpxwF9P3iPvjhtPV5WGljMFBCE5liWk_9l48I1R1lA6aBZS92pPefeqA0TOUS5zBXFZKUntewFaeIYv9E1YF5BBmpSP50iqD_pocmVx9p7RXZhbYNZm-&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.xerces.org/blog/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">________</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Matthew Shepherd</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, Communications Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Protecting the Life that Sustains Us</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Stay in touch: </span><b><span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style="color:red;text-decoration:none">xerces.org</span></a></span></b> <b><span style="color:#17365d"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Xerces-Society/193182577358618"><span style="color:#17365d;text-decoration:none">Facebook</span></a></span></b> <b><span style="color:#984806"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/enewsletters/"><span style="color:#984806;text-decoration:none">E-newsletter</span></a></span></b> <b><span style="color:#0070c0"><a href="https://twitter.com/xerces_society"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Twitter</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">628 NE Broadway, Ste 200, Portland, OR 97232-1324, USA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tel: (503) 232-6639 ext. 110; Toll free: 1-855-232 6639 ext. 110; Cell: (503) 807-1577</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070c0"><a href="mailto:mdshepherd@xerces.org"><span style="color:#0070c0">mdshepherd@xerces.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. 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