[PCA] NEWS: Green lines
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Nov 23 09:45:27 CST 2009
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/11/22/what_does_it_take_to_save_a_species_sometimes_high_voltage_power_wires/
Green lines
What does it take to save a species? Sometimes, high-voltage power wires
The Boston Globe
By Beth Daley
Globe Staff / November 22, 2009
FOR DECADES, NOBODY in the US had seen the bee.
The silver-haired black Epeoloides pilosula was once widespread in New
England, often found where native yellow loosestrife plants grew. But as
the region.s pastoral landscapes gave way to forests, the bee lost its
sunny open home. In 1927 it was spotted in a Needham meadow and then,
despite years of searching, not again. By the start of this century,
dejected bee lovers were forced to conclude that the insect was likely
extinct in the US.
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