[Pollinator] FW: FW: Concern about propylene glycol traps - propylene glycol ishighlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too

Mon Apr 4 11:13:34 PDT 2011

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From: laurence [mailto:xeromelissa at mail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:59 AM
To: sun at pollinator.org; pollinator at coevolution.org
Subject: Re: [Pollinator] FW: Concern about propylene glycol traps -
propylene glycol ishighlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too

I think you are referring to ethylene glycol - which is in anti-freeze.
Propylene glycol is used in notox antifreeze, and also as a food additive,
though it doesn't taste very nice by itself.
best wishes

laurence

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From: Sunny Boyd <sun at pollinator.org>
To: pollinator at coevolution.org
Sent: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 1:39 pm
Subject: [Pollinator] FW: Concern about propylene glycol traps - propylene
glycol ishighlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too

-----Original Message-----

From: Gilbert, Leslie 

Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:02 AM

To: pollinator at lists.sonic.net

Subject: Concern about propylene glycol traps - propylene glycol is

highlytoxic to pets and probably wildlife, too

You might want to rethink the design of those traps.  Propylene glycol

is highly palatable and deadly to cats and dogs and probably all sorts

of wildlife, too.  Wide screening on the tops of those traps would make

them much safer and shouldn't interfere too much with collecting.

Leslie Gilbert NIFA (and catlover)

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   1. New videos on using and making glycol traps for native bees

      and mass painting of bee bowls. (Sam Droege)

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      Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Administrator, GS-0480-14 -

      Lakewood, CO (Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov)

   3. Fw: USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals   Conservation

      Fund: Due MAY 1 (Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov)

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Message: 1

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:36:47 -0400

From: Sam Droege <sdroege at usgs.gov>

Subject: [Pollinator] New videos on using and making glycol traps for

    native bees and mass painting of bee bowls.

To: beemonitoring at yahoogroups.com,  Entomology Discussion List

    <ENTOMO-L at listserv.uoguelph.ca>

Cc: pollinator at nappc.org

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All:

We have just posted 3 new How-to videos.

1.  How to make a propylene glycol native bee trap holder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87CXM7mq54

Cost = about 15 cents each

2.  How to deploy, run, and process a set of glycol traps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DAY7bNOR4

3.  How to quickly paint a lot of bee bowl traps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h-wA9M7-U4

Note that we are in the beginning phase of establishing a network of 

glycol traps for long-term monitoring of bees.  We will gradually 

implement that throughout the this year.  Last year's pilot and 

recommendations are viewable at:

ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/Draft%20USFS%20Glycol%20Re

port%2022711.pdf

Which will soon be replaced by a final version.

Note that propylene glycol traps have the following advantages for 

monitoring bees and doing bee research

1.  They trap continuously and thus remove the effect of phenological 

shifts and the choice of trapping day on captures of bees and also

require 

fewer traps to effectively survey a site.

2.  They are less work as they need only be filtered rather than bowl 

traps put out and then picked up.

3.  They can be incorporated into routine maintenance of weather

stations 

and other periodic events and thus are easier for maintenance and 

technicians to man.

sam

Sam Droege  sdroege at usgs.gov 

w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD  20705

Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov

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among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the 

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keenly 

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              Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his

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Message: 2

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:01:50 -0400

From: Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov

Subject: [Pollinator] Fw: Vacancy Announcement for Southern Rockies

    LCC Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Administrator, GS-0480-14 -

    Lakewood, CO

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This vacancy is being advertised under both merit-based - open to

current 

employees - and DEU (Delegating Examining Unit) opportunities - open to 

all US citizens.  The links in the emails below won't work since I'm 

forwarding this email. For more info, search on "R6-11-450308-D" at: 

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.

Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority

Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group

US Fish & Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110

Arlington, VA  22203

703-358-1708 x1753

FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal

plants.

<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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...The vacancy for the Southern Rockies LCC Coordinator was advertised

on 

Monday, March 28 and will close on April 18.  This position will work 

closely with the SRLCC Steering Committee in developing the operations

and 

objectives for the LCC as well as building effective science capability,

through the partnership, to support the needs for landscape planning and

conservation design for priotiy resouces.   The successful candidate

will 

need to undertake multiple challenges develop a cohesive partnership

among 

agencies, tribes, and NGO organizations so as to develop the added-value

of the LCC's capability and service to leverage the multiple

conservation 

efforts and initiatives across the geographic area. 

This announcement has already been distributed to Science ARDs

throughout 

the Service and will be provided to the agencies, tribes, and 

organizations that are participating in the SRLCC.  Please circulate the

announcement widely through your respective programs so that we can 

recruit an outstanding candidate for this opportunity. I'd be glad to 

answer questions or talk to folks who may be interested.  Thanks for 

helping Region 6 recruit  for this key position.

Below are the direct USAJOBS weblinks to access the above referenced 

vacancy announcements:

R6-11-446951-M   (Merit/Government-Wide)

R6-11-450308-D   (DEU/US Citizens)

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Message: 3

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:38:33 -0400

From: Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov

Subject: [Pollinator] Fw: USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals

    Conservation Fund: Due MAY 1

To: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org,

    mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org, <pollinator at coevolution.org>

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----- Forwarded by Patricia De Angelis/ARL/R9/FWS/DOI on 04/01/2011

01:36 

PM -----

Please note that the Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) have been 

posted online for the Service's Wildlife Without Borders-Amphibians in 

Decline Program (WWB-AD) and the Wildlife Without Borders-Critically 

Endangered Animals Conservation Fund (WWB-CEACF).  The deadline to

submit 

proposals for both funds is May 1, 2011. 

-------------------------

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces a call for proposals for

the 

2011 Wildlife Without Borders: Critically Endangered Animals

Conservation 

Fund to fund projects that conserve the world?s most endangered species.

Proposals are due MAY 1, 2011.

The Notice for Funding Availability (NOFA) is available at the following

link: http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/nofa_ceacf11.pdf

Additional guidance and specific links for the various forms and 

requirements are listed below my signature.

Species eligible for funding are those that face a very high risk of 

extinction in the immediate future. Species should meet the criteria to

be 

listed as ?Critically Endangered? or ?Endangered? on the International 

Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Species listed as 

?Data Deficient? on the IUCN Red List are also eligible if the applicant

can provide information that suggests a similar urgency for conservation

action. Species listed as ?Extinct in Wild? are eligible if the

applicant 

is proposing a reintroduction attempt. Proposed project work should

occur 

within the species range, or, if work is to be conducted outside of the 

range, the proposal should show a clear relevance to its conservation.

The fund prioritizes conservation actions and field activities, not 

research.

The following species are NOT eligible for funding: 

Species that do not meet the criteria to be listed on the IUCN Red List 

as, ?Critically Endangered? or ?Endangered;? 

Species with natural habitat range located primarily within the United 

States, Canada, Europe, or Australia; 

Species that are eligible for funding under one of the Multinational 

Species Conservation Fund programs, including: Asian elephant, African 

elephant, rhinoceros (all species), tiger (all sub-species), gorilla, 

chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan, gibbons (all species) and marine turtles 

(all species); and 

Amphibian species. Amphibians are eligible for funding through the 

Wildlife Without Borders - Amphibians in Decline, including frogs,

toads, 

salamanders, newts, and caecilians.

The USFWS Division of International Conservation administers the

Wildlife 

Without Borders: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund. The 

USFWS contact is Matt Muir. Please submit your completed application by 

email to fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov. Specific questions about the fund should

also be sent to fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov with the subject line: "CEACF 

question: [species, country]." 

Please forward this message on to any colleagues working on eligible 

species. 

Many thanks and good luck with your conservation projects.

Matt Muir, Ph.D.

Division of International Conservation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Drive, ARLSQ 100c

Arlington, VA 22203-1622  USA

matt_muir at fws.gov

Fax: +1.703.358.2115

Direct line: +1.703.358.2061

If possible, we prefer that applications be submitted by email, but the 

entire application must be sent as ONE FILE (a single doc or pdf 

containing all the required elements: signed cover page, text of the 

proposal, maps, budget, government letters of endorsement, etc).

Brevity, 

spell-checking, and proof-reading are greatly appreciated. The Statement

of Need should be three pages or less.

The file must be formatted for LETTER, not A4, and please include 

sequential PAGE NUMBERS on EVERY page. 

Please submit your completed application by email to

fw9_wwb_ceacf at fws.gov

After your application is received, you will receive an email to 

acknowledge receipt of the application and giving you a reference number

(CE- for Critically Endangered).  Please refer to these reference

numbers 

in all future communications.

USFWS WEBLINKS

USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/global/ceacf.html 

USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund: Information 

page on How to Apply: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/global/critically_endangered_animal

s_conservationfund.html

USFWS WWB-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund: Application 

Instructions (Notice of Funding Availability, or Request for Proposals):

http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/nofa_ceacf11.pdf

Conservation Fund application cover page (all funds): 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dic/pdf/3-2338A.pdf 

Example timetable: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sampletimetable.pdf 

Example budget: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/samplebudget.pdf 

INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS

To obtain a DUNS number: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/index.jsp

To register with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database:

        US registrants go to: http://www.ccr.gov (click on ?What You

Need 

to Register?)

        FOREIGN registrants go to: 

https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/international.aspx

DOMESTIC (U.S.) APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AND SUBMIT

WITH THE APPLICATION

SF424 Application for Federal Assistance: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sf424.pdf 

SF424b Non-construction Assurances: 

http://www.fws.gov/international/dicprograms/sf424b.pdf 

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