[PCA] Fw: [Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again

Tue Sep 5 12:06:29 CDT 2006

Some states are already pursuing Corridor for Wildlife Programs.  Of
course, safety will always be a concern.

RESEARCH is needed on behalf of pollinators, nesting birds, and small
mammals that corridors can indeed accomodate.

The FHWA wants to do more research.....but we NEED YOUR HELP.

Please note the attached one page that explains.
Please take the 4 easy steps to registering your concerns and needs for
research on corridor stewardship.  Please remember
these corridors can be homes to endangered plant species as well as
natural community remnants when less mowing occurs.

I thank you and my Natural Environment Team thanks you.  We NEED public
input to get research funding.  Good luck to us all!!!

Bonnie

Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

Restoration Ecologist

Office of Environment, HEPN-30

Federal Highway Administration

360 Jackson Street, Ste. 500

St. Paul, MN  55101

651-291-6104

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Subject: Re: [PCA] Fw: [Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again

It's hard to believe that managing Interstate and limited access
highways, clover leaves, etc. by merely not mowing them (except for
safety requirements) would not be of overall advantage to all wildlife.
Is a study really required to determine an overall benefit?  Increased
biodiversity alone should justify supporting a reduced mowing policy on
highway lands. 
There must be millions of acres being mowed at great cost, petroleum
energy use, and associated air pollution that would be significantly
reduced by halting mowing, except as minimally required by federal
highway safety specifications.   

Lew Gorman 
FWS-WO 

Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov 
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08/30/2006 10:21 AM 

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Subject
[PCA] Fw: [Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again

A conversation occurring over another list that some of you may find
interesting and may want to provide input on ( to the person who sent
the e-mail).   

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 750
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural
resources.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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10:18 AM ----- 
Lucy_Jordan at fws.gov 

08/28/2006 01:12 PM 

Subject
[Pollinator] Roads and pollinators - again

With respect to the various comments I am getting, specifically from
Chip
Taylor, is anyone doing studies to determine whether roadside refugia
serve as  sources or sinks for pollinator or beneficial insect
populations,
given the inevitable mortality?  It would be helpful to know whether the
mortality is more than compensated by fecundity.  It would also be
helpful
to associate that with road capacity/size and traffic use and patterns.

Also, we need to know which ROW management practices help or hurt
species.
For example, many roadways here in Utah are mowed in late June or early
July.  Is that ok?  Or does not increase mortality, cause loss of
reproductive output, make habitat unsuitable?

On another note, if we improve these areas for pollinators, does that
result in an increase in mortality of birds that might use the habitat
or
might feed on the insects?

Roads are really lethal.  We need to know whether, and under what
conditions, it is beneficial or detrimental to manage them for wildlife.

Lucy

Dr. Lucy A. Jordan
Fish & Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Utah Ecological Services Office
2369 W. Orton Circle (2300 South), Suite 50
West Valley City, Utah 84119
Phone:     (801) 975-3330
Fax:         (801) 975-3331
email:       lucy_jordan at fws.gov

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a
mistake
when you make it again.

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