<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><b style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Passing of E.O.
Wilson</font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are sad to report today that E.O. Wilson has died.  Dr. Wilson was a huge influence in the
support for biodiversity – both in the cataloging of its rich diversity but
also in its preservation.  Many
obituaries are hailing him as the successor to Darwin. Here is a link to the
Washington Post obituary.  <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html" style="color:blue">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2021/12/27/013b4bd2-6700-11ec-a76b-374aeb82e811_story.html</a>.  Below is reminiscence by Laurie Davies Adams,
our Director of Programs.  We at
Pollinator Partnership continue to be inspired by Dr. Wilson and are proud to
have been a partner with him in our work for pollinators, people, and the
planet.</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Kelly Rourke</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Executive Director</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Pollinator Partnership</font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Remembering E.O. Wilson</font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ed Wilson was a member of the Pollinator Partnership Science
Advisory Board and was instrumental in the very first North American Pollinator
Protection Campaign (NAPPC) meeting over two decades ago.  The invitations to that first meeting hosted
by the National Academy of Science were sent under Dr. Wilson’s name.  He was endlessly supportive of the NAPPC
effort and of Pollinator Partnership. 
Below is a photo of Dr. Wilson pointing to the first NAPPC poster, a
tradition that started with the U.S. Botanic Garden and has continued through
the US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and as a Pollinator
Partnership effort to this day</font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kxp842yw0" alt="image.png" width="476" height="307"><br>

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ed was generous with his time and ideas, and we at
Pollinator Partnership greatly benefited from his perspectives.  He graciously agreed to attend a Pollinator
Week event in Washington, D.C., and also appeared in Boston at a fund-raiser
for Pollinator Partnership.  Tirelessly
and without complaint he was willing to spend a long day as I took him from
interviews to speeches and finally to a quiet dinner.  When we arrived at National Public Radio’s
Scott Simon’s program in Washington, he was greeted in the manner of a rock
star – which indeed he was – the “rock” in this case being our planet. </font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Always genial and with a twinkle in his eye, he was nonetheless
deadly serious about the need to include biodiversity and sustainable practices
in all of our land management.  His
advice and counsel will be missed.  The
last time I saw him, at a Half-Earth Conference in Berkeley sponsored by the
Burt’s Bees Foundation, he signed my copy of his latest book – “To Laurie, my
co-worker.”  It was touching to me, but I
am certain he wrote that inscription in many books as he considered each of us,
all humankind, to be co-workers in promoting and maintaining our planet for the
well-being and survival of all species. 
It was a privilege to have known him and to have learned so much from
him.  We are all a great deal richer for
his wonderful life.</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Laurie Davies Adams</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Director of Programs</font></p>

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