[Pollinator] October 18 - a great day for pollinators!

[Ladadams@aol.com]

Thanks to all the NAPPC partners for their extraordinary collaborative effort 
to make October 18 an historic day for pollinators.  All around the world, 
media coverage of the emerging issue of plight animal pollinators took a major 
step forward yesterday.  Attached is the NAPPC Press Release:  National 
Pollinator Week Announced, NAS Study Released, Pollinator Stamp Unveiled at NAPPC 
Pollinator Symposium
 
Pollinators at risk:  Nation unites for the birds and bees
* Full Release Attached
 
In an unprecedented move to advance a vital conservation cause, the USDA, NAS 
and USPS collaborated to draw attention to the importance, and potential 
peril, of pollinating insects and other animals and the plants which depend on 
them for reproduction USPS at a symposium organized by the North American 
Pollinator Protection  Campaign (NAPPC).  Key actions—
 
·         National Pollinator Week Announced:  Proclamation signed by 
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns recognizes pollinators and designates June 24-30, 
2007 as National Pollinator Week.  
·         NAS Study Released:  Status of Pollinators: Monitoring and 
Prevention of their Decline in North America. 
o       “This study is the foundation on which all our science and policy for 
pollinators can be built from now on,” said Dr. Gene Robinson, Academy member 
and member of the NRC pollinator study committee.  “This thorough compendium 
shows us not only what we know about pollinators, but also what we need to 
know.”
·         USPS Unveils Pollination Stamp Art Work:  DC Postmaster Yverne Pat 
Moore, unveiled the intricate design for a commemorative stamp series 
highlighting the interconnectedness of nature and the process of pollination.  The 
pollination stamps will be issued during National Pollinator Week in 2007 as part 
of NAPPC’s planned national pollinator awareness campaign.  
o       "Farmers see the connection between plants and pollinators every day,”
 said USDA Deputy Secretary Conner.  “Thanks to these beautiful stamps, that 
same point is illustrated for everyone." 
 
“The work of protecting pollinators begins in each of our homes, farms, 
forests, parks and communities,” said NAPPC Co-Chair and founder Paul Growald.  “
It is in our own interest to see that pollinators are with us for food and 
flowers far into the future.”
 
“We hear the same story over and over – the beauty and the vital role of 
pollinating animals cannot be taken for granted,” said Laurie Davies Adams, 
Executive Director of the Coevolution Institute, the nonprofit group managing 
NAPPC.  “NAPPC partners are working to make sure that the plant-pollinator 
connection is appreciated and protected.”

Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coevolution Institute
423 Washington St. 5th
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 362 1137
http://www.coevolution.org/
http://www.pollinator.org/
http://www.nappc.org/

See the above websites for details on the Pollinator Symposium 
at the USDA Jefferson Auditorium on October 18, 2006 
Everyone welcome. REGISTER NOW!

Our future flies on the wings of pollinators.
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