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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Actually these days anything to help bugs is urgent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In fact researchers use windshield counts to document the sad absence of insects along roads these days. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Silent spring! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emily<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:green'><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php"><span style='color:green'>Native Plant Conservation Campaign</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>National Native Plant Society for the United States<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:green'><a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org"><span style='color:green'>emilyr@plantsocieties.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='color:green'>The mission of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign is to promote the conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration, research, education, and advocacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><i><span style='color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='background:white'>“Without plants, there is no life. The functioning of the planet, and our survival, depends upon plants.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a href="https://www.cbd.int/gspc/default.shtml">Global Strategy for Plant Conservation </a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Convention on Biological Diversity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#009900'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B050'><a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/sign-up-for-npcc-news"><span style='color:#00B050'>Sign up for NPCC News!</span></a> </span></b><span style='color:#00B050'> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plantsocieties"><span style='color:#00B050;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 style='width:.1666in;height:.1666in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.png@01D487D0.4C4D03D0" alt="cid:image006.png@01D18F6E.0C8A9BC0"></span><span style='color:#00B050'> <b>Like us on Facebook!</b></span></a> <b><a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/donate-to-campaign"><span style='color:#00B050'>Donate - Save Native Plants</span></a>!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> native-plants <native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>De Angelis, Patricia<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 29, 2018 6:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> native-plants <native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PCA] [EXTERNAL] Re: RFP: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Kathy - That <i>is </i>a depressing tale! Which highway was it? <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>US Fish & Wildlife Service</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Falls Church, VA 22041-3803</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>703-358-1708 x 1753</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>703-358-2276 (FAX)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Let’s put the right seed, in the right place, at the right time! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-<a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>National Seed Strategy</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 7:34 AM <<a href="mailto:kathyschlosser@triad.rr.com">kathyschlosser@triad.rr.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I once counted the number of butterflies I collided with on the highway driving home from the beach ( ~ 200 miles). I gave up at about 50 miles along the route after I had already hit 100. It was too depressing and I was getting distracted from driving.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Makes me worry about counting highway rights-of-way as good habitat for living creatures.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Katherine K. Schlosser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> native-plants <<a href="mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Taylor, John<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [PCA] RFP: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Sorry for any cross postings. Received notice about a National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) RFP to develop a pollinator habitat guidebook, with a focus on protecting and improving habitat adjacent to roadways. Handbook target audience: State DOTs and right-of-way owners. Proposals due January 17, 2019.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><a href="https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4589" target="_blank">https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4589</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>John M. Taylor</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Palm Springs</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>777 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Palm Springs, CA 92262</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>760-322-2070 x418</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:john_m_taylor@fws.gov" target="_blank">john_m_taylor@fws.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>