[Pollinator] A good day for the rusty patched bumble bee

[Matthew Shepherd]

Friday was a good day for the rusty patched bumble bee. After decades of
declining populations and a nearly 90% contraction in range, it was given a
glimmer of hope for a future: It is one step closer to protection under the
U.S. Endangered Species Act.


Read more about this in a blog post from Xerces Executive Director Scott
Hoffman Black, at http://www.xerces.org/blog/


-- 
Matthew Shepherd
Communications Director
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

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