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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Resending as apparently letter attachment didn’t make it first time. Letter attached [hopefully] AND pasted below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See forwarded email at bottom for context. P2 is a signatory. P2 working on separate letter to conferees on specific pollinator-related provisions. Important for supporting voices to be heard! More the merrier.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u>If your <span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>organization</span> would like to sign on, please email Franklin Holley (<a href="mailto:fholley@keystone.org" target="_blank">fholley@keystone.org</a>) by COB next Monday, July 16 with “Do No Harm Farm Bill Letter” in the subject line. <o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tom Van Arsdall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u>Letter</u></b><b>:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>July <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>XX</span>, 2018</span><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:auto'></span><div class=WordSection2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The Hon. Pat Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>328A Russell Senate Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Washington, DC 20510<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The Hon. Michael Conaway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Chairman, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>1301 Longworth House Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Washington, DC 20515<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The Hon. Debbie Stabenow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>328A Russell Senate Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Washington, DC 20510<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The Hon. Collin Peterson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Ranking Member, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>1301 Longworth House Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Washington, DC 20515<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><div class=WordSection3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Senators Roberts and Stabenow and Congressmen Conaway and Peterson,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The undersigned organizations represent farmers, beekeepers, sportsmen, conservationists, and agriculture business leaders. As the process for reauthorizing the Farm Bill moves forward, we write to urge you to consider the unintended and unanticipated consequences on habitat for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators on agricultural lands in your Farm Bill conference negotiations. Farm Bill Conservation Programs have helped make invaluable gains in the creation of habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Retaining these opportunities for agricultural producers to feasibly establish and maintain habitat is extremely important for the protection of monarch butterflies and pollinator species, and we suggest a “Do No Harm” approach that considers the inadvertent impacts on existing or future habitat during Farm Bill reconciliation of the Senate and House versions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Honey bees and other pollinators are a vital part of U.S. agriculture — supporting production of most of the fruits, nuts, and vegetables grown in the United States, with an approximate $19 billion in agricultural production annually. Monarch butterfly populations have declined by more than 80 percent over the past two decades, and a petition proposing the species for possible listing under the Endangered Species Act is currently being evaluated by the Fish and Wildlife Service for a decision in June 2019. Monarchs, and other pollinators like the honeybee, face a variety of challenges including habitat loss and poor nutrition due to lack of forage. Private lands offer a critical, scalable opportunity to sufficiently increase monarch butterfly forage as well as habitat for pollinators and other species. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>As traditional stewards of the land, farmers, ranchers and landowners are uniquely situated to establish, enhance and expand habitat for monarch butterflies, pollinators and other species on a large scale. Farm Bill cost-share programs provide these private landowners with the financial and technical assistance to do so. These conservation programs provide a reliable means of assistance for stewards of the land to create habitat for monarch butterflies, honeybees, and other pollinators. Furthermore, in the case of monarch butterflies, availability of these conservation programs could have an effect on the 2019 Endangered Species Act listing decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>The undersigned thank federal lawmakers for their dedication to supporting farmers and others in their efforts to improve pollinator habitat. It is for this reason that we recommend a “Do No Harm” approach that considers the implications of any change made to the conservation programs in the Farm Bill and the potential impact on the removal of key habitat acres and the loss of key forage to pollinators. The undersigned organizations urge you as leaders to continue to find ways to invest in the health of the pollinators that provide this country with much of the food we eat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>We thank you for the opportunity to express our support for a “Do No Harm” approach to monarch, honey bee, and other pollinator habitat in upcoming Farm Bill conferencing, and we look forward to working with you and your colleagues to ensure the viability of monarch and pollinator habitat on thriving private agricultural lands. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>American Beekeeping Federation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>American Soybean Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Pollinator Partnership<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Project Apis m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Saint Louis Zoo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Sand County Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Franklin Holley <<a href="mailto:fholley@keystone.org">fholley@keystone.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:TVA@pollinator.org">TVA@pollinator.org</a>; Julie Shapiro <<a href="mailto:jshapiro@keystone.org">jshapiro@keystone.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Farm Bill "Do No Harm" Pollinator Letter: Opt-in sign on opportunity<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Greetings Pollinator Stakeholders, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please see the attached opportunity regarding an opt-in, sign-on letter urging a “Do No Harm” approach that considers the inadvertent impacts on existing or future monarch and pollinator habitat during Farm Bill conference negotiations over the coming days/weeks. This letter was drafted by members of the <a href="https://www.keystone.org/our-work/agriculture/monarch-collaborative/">Monarch Collaborative</a> but does not mention the Collaborative by name, is general in nature, and allows individual members to opt-in for signature at the bottom. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b> <u>If your organization would like to sign on, please email Franklin Holley (<a href="mailto:fholley@keystone.org" target="_blank">fholley@keystone.org</a>) by COB next Monday, July 16 with “Do No Harm Farm Bill Letter” in the subject line. </u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Franklin Holley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Senior Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Keystone Policy Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Suite 509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Washington, DC 20036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>(202) 618-6663 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>(865) 388-1934 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><a href="http://keystone.org/">keystone.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>