[Pollinator] Action Opportunity-Group Statement in Support of FY19 HOUSE Ag Appropriations for USDA Pollinator Programs. Deadline noon Apr 13

[Tom Van Arsdall]

Group Testimony
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1miheEO2luTYQ6E4h2CwGLKdSC9csy4Zm/view?usp=
sharing>  with 23 national, state and local organizations (listed below) was
submitted to Senate Ag Approps on March 30. 

Thanks to those who took advantage of this opportunity on the Senate side!

 

Consider adding your ORGANIZATION to current signatories for the House
testimony:  Noon, April 13.

 

Who can sign?  National, State and Local Organizations [unfortunately no
individuals for this one, please!].

 

Go to  <https://goo.gl/forms/gbCry74C0OvuOX1j2>
https://goo.gl/forms/gbCry74C0OvuOX1j2 to sign on.

 

Group statement pasted below.  

 

This complements and reinforces the
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4FaEl50yRNRq3Qx3v3XVn3ZS9GL6Q-g/view?usp=
sharing> Letter sent by CP2C co-chairs Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Alcee Hastings
(D-FL) and 21 other Members to House Ag Approps leadership.  That effort was
endorsed and supported by P2 and other groups.

 

You can also help by spreading the word to other organizations that may be
interested.

 

 
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Dear Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Bishop:

     The undersigned strongly urge you to provide robust funding in the
Fiscal Year 2019 Agricultural Appropriations bill for federal
pollinator-related programs. Specifically, please appropriate adequate
funding for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Institutes of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 

     Pollinators are vital to our nation's economy and ecosystem,
contributing nearly $20 billion to the nation's economy and supporting one
out of every three bites of food we eat.  The significant decline in
commercial honey bees and native pollinator populations has been well
documented. 

     These USDA agencies are undertaking several extensive and long-term
research initiatives and are leading efforts to foster private industry and
researcher collaboration and utilize input from stakeholders in ongoing
efforts to help develop effective solutions.

Congress has been engaged and supportive on a bipartisan basis on this vital
issue, and continued funding support is essential.

     Thank you for your consideration of this important request.

Sincerely,


Pollinator Partnership


American Beekeeping Federation 


American Honey Producers Association


Project Apis m.


American Society of Landscape Architects


Apple Creek Bee Association, IL


Audubon Society of RI


Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund, ND


Crown Bees, WA


Eureka Springs Pollinator Alliance, AS


Friends of Lower Muskingum River, OH


Greater Cleveland Beekeepers Association, OH


JHK Media, VA


National Butterfly Center, TX


Nebraska Beekeepers Association


North Carolina Wildlife Federation


North West Tennessee Beekeepers Association


Oakland University, MI


Portland Metro Beekeepers, OR


Rural & Agriculture Council of America


Sandusky River Valley Beekeepers Association, OH


Texas Pollinator PowWow


University of Vermont

ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES

 

 
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Thanks!

 

Tom

 

R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall

Director of Public Affairs

(703) 509-4746

 <mailto:TVA at pollinator.org> TVA at pollinator.org

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<http://twitter.com/Pollinators>
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<http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners> 

 <http://pollinator.org/index.html>
<http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm> 

 

 



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