For Immediate Release, February 1, 2021
Contact:
Jess Tyler, Center for Biological Diversity, (406) 366-4872, jtyler@biologicaldiversity.org
Keith Hirokawa, Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students of Albany Law School, (518) 852-2620, khiro@albanylaw.edu
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for American Bumblebee
President Biden Urged to Prevent Extinction of Once-common Bumblebee Devastated by Habitat Loss, Pesticides, Disease
WASHINGTON Conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to the American bumblebee.
The petition was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students of Albany Law School.
Once among the nation’s most commonly observed bumblebees from coast to coast, the bee has declined by an estimated 89% in just the past 20 years.