[Pollinator] ACTION UPDATE: COSIGN GROUP STATEMENT in Support of Pollinator Habitat Protection Act, deadline May 21

[R. Thomas Van Arsdall]

Group Statement with signatories to date & legislative language attached.  

TO CO-SIGN:  Send an e-mail to tom Van Arsdall at tom at vanarsdall.com to sign
on [organizations/individuals.  Latter please ID affiliation if
appropriate].  Thanks to Ecological Society & others helping to spread the
word!

DEADLINE:  Close of Business Monday, May 22.

BACKGROUND:  Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) are
taking another step in their leadership actions on behalf of the pollinator
cause by introducing "The Pollinator Protection Habitat Act of 2007,"
anticipated on May 22.  The legislation and its sponsors are calling
attention to pollinator challenges and the need for conservation action in a
high profile way and helping set the stage for pollinating Farm Bill
conservation and other programs during markup.

This bill utilizes existing Farm Bill conservation programs to strengthen
both native and managed pollinator habitat. It does not cost additional
money, or create a new program. It simply requires existing conservation
programs to acknowledge pollinator habitat as a conservation resource and
rewards producers whose conservation practices are beneficial for
pollinators.

COSPONSORS CONFIRMED [in addition to Baucus, Chambliss] at last word:
	Grassley
	Landrieu
	Bill Nelson
	Isakson
	Craig
	Casey
	Dorgan

Bee Ready for National Pollinator Week, June 24-30, 2007! For more info:
www.pollinator.org 
 
R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Public Affairs Representative for Coevolution
Institute/NAPPC
   Van Arsdall & Associates
   13605 McLane Place
   Fredericksburg, VA  22407-2344
   (540) 785-0949
   tom at vanarsdall.com 

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