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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi everyone,</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We’re very pleased to announce the release of </span><a href="http://www.rustypatched.com/"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Ghost in the Making: Searching for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee</span></i></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">an enchanting short film about the disappearance of the rusty patched bumble bee and one man’s journey to find out what’s happened to it. After being received with acclaim at film festivals this spring, the film is now available for anyone to view online at </span><a href="http://www.rustypatched.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.rustypatched.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please watch it and share the link with your family and friends. The film deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. If you are a member of a garden club or natural history group, ask them to arrange a viewing. Have a word with your local library to see if they’ll organize a screening. Once you’ve seen the film, you’ll agree that it is worth it!</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">And once you’ve watched the film, please take a moment to sign the petition. Saving the rusty patched bumble bee will take more than just watching a movie. It needs action at the highest level. Add your voice in support of that.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There has been a great deal of attention given to bee declines, but much is focused on domesticated honeybees, and less on the 3,600 species of native bees in the United States. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt has been on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species—the rusty patched bumble bee—has become his white whale.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This film tells the tale of Clay’s journey from state to state in search of this bumble bee. On his travels, Clay meets the scientists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it, until he finally comes face to face with his quarry in Wisconsin and discovers an answer to the question that has been nagging him: why save a species?</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Ghost in the Making</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> was produced by Day’s Edge Productions in partnership with the Xerces Society, with funding from Endangered Species Chocolate.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>PRAISE FOR <i>A GHOST IN THE MAKING</i><br><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">“A wonderful and poignant short film about our disappearing bumble bees, and about the importance and beauty of the little creatures that we often forget.” </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Dave Goulson, author of <i>A Sting in the Tale</i> and founder of Bumblebee Conservation Trust</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">“An excellent example of art and science working together to answer the question, ‘Why save a species?’ ”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Wes Pitts, Editor, <i>Outdoor Photographer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">“This film should be required viewing for every high school kid in this country.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Joel Sartore, Photographer, <i>National Geographic</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">“Hopefully the powerful and memorable message of this film will generate public support for protection and recovery of this charismatic, but threatened bee.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Dr. Robbin Thorp, University of California at Davis</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">“If every creepy-crawly on this planet had Clay Bolt as a friend, I would feel much better about the future of the poorly understood and under-appreciated members of our biodiversity!” </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Twan Leenders, President, Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span 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