<div dir="ltr">Hi All - See the message below from the Interagency Bee Lab. This important lab needs our support. Please review the information below and consider helping out. <div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Kelly<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Sam Droege</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:droegesam@gmail.com">droegesam@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM<br>Subject: [Beemonitoring] USGS Bee Lab Closure and Letter of Support<br>To: <<a href="mailto:beemonitoring@googlegroups.com">beemonitoring@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">All:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">What we feared might happen appears to be happening. The USGS Bee Lab is currently defunded under the President's budget for 2026. Not directly but the group (Ecosystems Management) funds the bee lab is not being funded in the proposal and this mirrors that information in the Project 2025 report that also suggest that group be eliminated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Many of you have reached out to ask about helping and that is possible!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The advice we have gotten is that you can send<span style="font-size:12pt"> a letter of support if you have benefited from our existence, help, and resources.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">See information below</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Feel free to distribute.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">----</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE BEE LAB</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This is important…and easy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Also important to send in your information over the next couple of days.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">What is Happening: </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>The USGS Bee Lab is at risk of being permanently
closed due to cuts in the 2026 Federal Budget and looming federal RIF’s </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Specifically, the Ecosystem Mission Area (EMA)
budget, which funds the USGS Bee Lab and the Eastern Ecological Science center
has been zeroed out </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/thousands-layoffs-hit-interior-national-parks-imminently/405145/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">Thousands
of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently - Government Executive</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">What you can do </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Write to your representatives, the White House,
and the Department of the Interior that they should restore the funding for the USGS Bee Lab</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Send digital or physical letters, write emails,
post to social media </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">What you should be highlighting: </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Personal anecdotes about how the Bee Lab has
impacted you or your organization </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>How important the research the Bee Lab is
conducting is to your state </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Contact Information: </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Representatives: <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">Find Your
Representative | house.gov</a></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Senators: <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">U.S.
Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators</a></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.75in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>White House: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">Contact Us – The White House</a></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.75in;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Interior: <a href="mailto:feedback@ios.doi.gov" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">feedback@ios.doi.gov</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Pass this email around.
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