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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I believe that Frankin's bumblebee has bee IUCN Red-Listed for a good number of years. Peter</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Pollinator <pollinator-bounces+pkevan=uoguelph.ca@lists.sonic.net> on behalf of Jenni Denekas <jenni.denekas@xerces.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pollinator@lists.sonic.net <pollinator@lists.sonic.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pollinator] Proposed listing of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as endangered</font>
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Responding to a 2010 petition from the Xerces Society and the late Dr. Robbin Thorp, Professor Emeritus at University of California–Davis, today the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
<b><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-13/pdf/2019-17337.pdf?utm_source=federalregister.gov&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" id="LPlnk298447" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">proposed
to list Franklin's bumble bee (<i>Bombus franklini</i>) as an endangered species</a></b> under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), making it the first bee in the western U.S. to be officially recognized under the ESA.</p>
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Franklin’s bumble bee has the most restricted range of any bumble bee in the world; it is known only in southern Oregon and northern California between the Coast and Sierra-Cascade Ranges. A precipitous decline began in 1999, and despite an extensive amount
of searching, Franklin’s bumble bee has not been seen since 2006. The primary threats to this species include: 1) diseases from managed bees, 2) pesticides, and 3) a small population size.</p>
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<b>Full press release available here: <span class="x_gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration-line:underline">
<a href="https://xerces.org/2019/08/12/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-endangered-species-act-protection-for-franklins-bumble-bee/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" id="LPlnk556459" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://xerces.org/2019/08/12/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-endangered-species-act-protection-for-franklins-bumble-bee/</a></span></b></p>
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