[Pollinator] Clarification:TODAY is deadline for YOUR support of Pollinator Habitat Act

[Ladadams at aol.com]

Dear Pollinator Partner:

Since we have had a flurry of recent SIGN ON requests (a Senate Agriculture 
Committee statement has already been filed), and since things are happening 
fast, we are offering some clarification.

TODAY is the deadline for you to AGAIN sign on -- and it is important that 
you do so -- this time for LEGISLATION being introduced in the Senate by 
Senators Baucus and Chambliss that adds pollinator habitat to Farm Bill conservation 
provisions.

The letter provides support for the sponsors of the bill, and helps lay the 
groundwork for markup of the Farm Bill in coming weeks.   It is below and 
attached.

As an organization, you may sign as such.

As a researcher, you may sign as an individual with your affiliation or 
institution.

As a government employee, you may sign as a private citizen.   This is your 
choice.

Thank you for your rapid response and your help.   Contact us or Tom Van 
Asdall (tom at vanarsdall.com) if you have questions.

Thank you,

Laurie Adams

May 21, 2007

RE:   Support for Pollinator Protection Habitat Act of 2007

DEAR SENATOR BAUCUS AND SENATOR CHAMBLISS:

THE UNDERSIGNED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT THE POLLINATOR PROTECTION HABITAT ACT 
OF 2007.   

YOUR LEGISLATION UTILIZES EXISTING FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO 
STRENGTHEN BOTH NATIVE AND MANAGED POLLINATOR HABITAT BY REQUIRING EXISTING 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE POLLINATOR HABITAT AS A CONSERVATION RESOURCE AND 
REWARDING PRODUCERS WHOSE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR 
POLLINATORS. 

POLLINATORS ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN MUCH OF AGRICULTURE AND IN HEALTHY 
ECOSYSTEMS.   STRENGTHENING FARM BILL CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN 
THE FARM BILL TO BETTER ADDRESS POLLINATOR HABITAT NEEDS AND BEST MANAGEMENT 
PRACTICES REPRESENTS A CRITICAL STEP IN SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING POLLINATORS 
AND THEIR HABITAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF POLLINATORS AND 
POLLINATOR CONSERVATION. 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

ORGANIZATIONS:
American Society of Agronomy
Blue Diamond
Coevolution Institute
Crop Science Society of America
Environmental Working Group
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Grange
National Wildlife Federation
Partners for Sustainable Pollination
Soil Science Society of America
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
The Ecological Society of America
Wildlife Habitat Council

RESEARCHERS/OTHER INDIVIDUALS:
Laurie Davies Adams, Executive Director, Coevolution Institute
Nancy Adamson, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
Dr. John E. Banks, Environmental Science, University of Washington, Tacoma
Dr. May Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, 
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Megan Bowes, Boulder, CO
Dr. Stephen Buchmann, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona
Dewey M. Caron, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 
            University of Delaware
Steven Carroll, Professor of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
David A. Cleveland, PhD, Environmental Studies Program, University of 
      California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Joseph Fail, Associate Prof Biology, Dept Natural Sciences, Johnson C. 
Smith 
      University, Charlotte, NC
Roger Lang, Montana Businessman - Sun Ranch, Papoose Creek Lodge, 
                  TransAria
Linda Mahoney, Conservation Chair, Friends of Colorado Natural Areas
Mark A. McPeek, Professor of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College
G. Philip Robertson, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 
      Michigan State University
Matthew Sarver, Biologist and Consultant, Sarver Ecological Consulting, 
      Blairsville, PA
Katherine Thompson, Woodland Hills, CA

Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coeovlution Institute
425 Washington Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 362 1137 (p)
415 362 3070 (f)
LDA at coevolution.org
www.coevolution.org
www.nappc.org
www.pollinator.org


Bee Ready for Pollinator Week - June 24-30



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