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<br></font></font></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><br></font></p><font face="Calibri" size="3"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">As this came up on Pollinators-L</font><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font size="2">​, especially from Sam Droege​, please</font></div><font size="2"> post </font><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;display:inline"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">​this update​. Thank you,<br><br></font></p><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">​<div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;display:inline">​</div><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial">Peter T. Jenkins, </span></font><font size="2"> email: </font><a href="mailto:jenkinsbiopolicy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font size="2">jenkinsbiopolicy@gmail</font><wbr><font size="2">.com</font></a><font size="2">  tel: 301.500.4383</font></div><div><span class="gmail-m_2322507182587628669m_2055013230555290085gmail-HOEnZb" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana"></span><div><font size="2">​</font></div>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br></div></div><br></div></p></font><font face="Calibri" size="3"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;display:inline"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3">Last week a couple people had some questions about our new
report, Pollinators in Peril. Here is our response.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;direction:ltr"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt">Was the paper peer reviewed? No. Like most grey
literature, including most reports issued by non-profit advocacy groups, it was
not.</p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt">Can we provide more details on the methodology
used? Yes. We’ve updated the methodology section to provide that information.
Please see the new methods section <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.biologicaldiversity.org_campaigns_native-5Fpollinators_pdfs_Pollinators-5Fin-5FPeril.pdf&d=DQMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-gO9I8xtrycgNoikPlMx1WfgL_i4nK76aFhJT_XHle4&m=OQG1AIFHqnRzJqgiR5RQHPuh4guMiWEC-vWwh5xaBkk&s=x1BCIEzQRkhOVnYJ6DlDXKBjpxrv4gNmNol85FFdCq8&e="><font color="#0000ff">here.
</font></a> </p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt">Why weren’t individual accounts of each of the
bee species presented? Including individual narratives on 4337 bee species
would be impractical in such a publication. This report is the first
publication of a long term pollinator research and protection project. In the
future we’ll provide more extensive web-based data availability. </p></li></ol><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">





</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3">Thanks for your concern about our native bees.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3">-Lori Ann</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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