{"id":25031,"date":"2019-06-10T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=25031"},"modified":"2019-06-09T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T02:34:07","slug":"support-legislation-to-protect-pollinators-and-ecosystems-of-national-wildlife-refuges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2019\/06\/support-legislation-to-protect-pollinators-and-ecosystems-of-national-wildlife-refuges\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: Support Legislation to Protect Pollinators and Ecosystems of National Wildlife Refuges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, June 10, 2019)\u00a0On May 20, U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez, with 18 co-sponsors, introduced H.R. 2854, \u201cTo amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.\u201d The bill follows an August 2018 Trump administration announcement that reversed a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision to ban neonicotinoid insecticides on National Wildlife Refuges.<\/p>\n

Tell members of Congress to protect biodiversity by co-sponsoring HR 2854, which reinstates the 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in wildlife refuges that was reversed by the Trump administration in 2018.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The administration’s action threatens not only pollinators, but contributes to the attack on\u00a0biodiversity worldwide<\/a><\/u>. \u201cThese pollutants upset the delicate ecosystems of our Wildlife Refuges and they have no place in our public lands,\u201d said Rep.Vel\u00e1zquez. \u201cThe ban’s revocation comes as mounting evidence suggests the chemical has damaging environmental effects on bees and other pollinators, undermining the national wildlife system,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

In 2014,\u00a0FWS announced that all National Wildlife Refuges would join in the phase-out of neonics<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(while also phasing out genetically engineered crops) by January 2016. FWS \u201cdetermined that prophylactic use, such as a seed treatment, of the neonicotinoid pesticides that can distribute systemically in a plant and can potentially affect a broad spectrum of non-target species is not consistent with Service policy. We make this decision based on a precautionary approach to our wildlife management practices and not on agricultural practices.\u201d This move was not only intended to protect honey bees that have suffered average losses above 30% since 2006, but also the federally threatened and endangered pollinators that live in National Wildlife Refuges.<\/p>\n

However, it is not just pollinators who are affected. Recent research has found dramatic drops in overall insect abundance, leading entomologists to speak of an \u201cinsect apocalypse<\/a><\/u>.\u201d Various studies have found reductions of up to a factor 60 over the past 40 years \u2013there were 60 times as many insects in some locations in the 1970s.\u00a0Insect abundance has declined over 75% in the last 27 years<\/a><\/u>, according to new research published by European scientists in\u00a0PLOS One<\/a><\/u>. The dramatic drop in insect biomass has led to equally dramatic pronunciations from highly respected scientists and entomologists. \u201cWe appear to be making vast tracts of land inhospitable to most forms of life, and are currently on course for ecological Armageddon,\u201d study coauthor David Goulson, Ph.D. of Sussex University, UK, told The Guardian. \u201cIf we lose the insects then everything is going to collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Insects play important roles in food webs \u2013most song birds, for example, depend on insects during the breeding season, at least. Insects are important decomposers \u2013Australia had to import dung beetles to handle the waste problem caused by the importation of cattle. They contribute to the health of soils. The loss of insect abundance poses\u00a0cascading effects<\/a><\/u>\u00a0at all ecosystem levels.<\/p>\n

Neonicotinoids also pose a direct threat to non-insect wildlife, including birds. Birds and other wildlife are mobile, moving in and out of crop fields without regard for pesticide treatments. Birds, in particular, absorb pesticide sprays and vapors through respiration, as well as orally in food and preening and dermally by walking in sprayed fields.<\/p>\n

It is more important than ever to ban neonicotinoids in National Wildlife Refuges, which should be refuges from toxic chemical use.<\/p>\n

Tell members of Congress to protect biodiversity by co-sponsoring HR 2854, which reinstates the 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in wildlife refuges that was reversed by the Trump administration in 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sponsors include: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsor:<\/strong> Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)<\/a>; Co-sponsors:\u00a0Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)<\/a>,\u00a0Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)<\/a>,\u00a0Matt Cartwright (D-PA)<\/a>,\u00a0Steve Cohen (D-TN)<\/a>,\u00a0Debbie Dingell (D-MI)<\/a>,\u00a0Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)<\/a>,\u00a0Deb Haaland (D-NM)<\/a>,\u00a0Jared Huffman (D-CA)<\/a>,\u00a0Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)<\/a>,\u00a0Jim McGovern (D-MA)<\/a>,\u00a0Gregory Meeks (D-NY)<\/a>,\u00a0Grace Napolitano (D-CA)<\/a>,\u00a0Eleanor Norton (D-DC)<\/a>,\u00a0Chellie Pingree (D-ME)<\/a>,\u00a0Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-ASO)<\/a>,\u00a0Jamie Raskin (D-MD)<\/a>,\u00a0Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)<\/a>,\u00a0Bennie Thompson (D-MS)<\/a><\/p>\n

[<\/strong>If your Representative has already co-sponsored this legislation, the letter below will be sent as a thank you.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Letter to U.S. House of Representatives<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am writing to ask you to urge you to co-sponsor H.R. 2854, \u201cTo amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.\u201d The bill follows an August 2018 Trump administration announcement reversing a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision to ban neonicotinoid insecticides on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to reinstate the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides in wildlife refuges. The administration\u2019s action threatens not only pollinators, but biodiversity of the whole planet.<\/p>\n

In 2014, FWS announced that all National Wildlife Refuges would join in the phase-out of neonics (while also phasing out genetically engineered crops) by January 2016. FWS \u201cdetermined that prophylactic use, such as a seed treatment, of the neonicotinoid pesticides that can distribute systemically in a plant and can potentially affect a broad spectrum of non-target species is not consistent with Service policy. We make this decision based on a precautionary approach to our wildlife management practices and not on agricultural practices.\u201d This move was not only intended to protect honey bees that have suffered average losses above 30% since 2006, but also the federally threatened and endangered pollinators that live in National Wildlife Refuges. Insect abundance has declined over 75% in the last 27 years, according to new research published by European scientists in PLOS One. The dramatic drop in insect biomass has led to equally dramatic pronunciations from highly respected scientists and entomologists. \u201cWe appear to be making vast tracts of land inhospitable to most forms of life, and are currently on course for ecological Armageddon,\u201d study coauthor David Goulson, Ph.D. of Sussex University, UK, told The Guardian. \u201cIf we lose the insects then everything is going to collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it is not just pollinators who are affected. As summarized in a New York Times magazine article in November, \u201cThe Insect Apocalypse is Here,\u201d recent research has found dramatic drops in overall insect abundance. Various studies have found reductions of up to a factor 60, over the past 40 years \u2013there were 60 times as many insects in some locations in the 1970s. Insects play important roles in food webs \u2013most song birds, for example, depend on insects during the breeding season, at least. Insects are also important decomposers \u2013Australia had to import dung beetles to handle the waste problem caused by the importation of cattle. They contribute to the health of soils. The loss of insect abundance poses cascading effects at all ecosystem levels.<\/p>\n

Neonicotinoids also pose a direct threat to non-insect wildlife, including birds. Birds and other wildlife are mobile, moving in and out of crop fields without regard for pesticide treatments. Birds are particularly vulnerable, having high metabolic and respiratory rates. They absorb pesticide sprays and vapors through respiration, as well as orally in food and preening and dermally by walking in sprayed fields.<\/p>\n

It is more important than ever to ban neonicotinoids in National Wildlife Refuges, which should be refuges from toxic chemical use.<\/p>\n

Please consider co-sponsoring H.R. 2854, \u201cTo amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, June 10, 2019)\u00a0On May 20, U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez, with 18 co-sponsors, introduced H.R. 2854, \u201cTo amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.\u201d The bill follows an August 2018 Trump administration announcement that reversed a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision to ban neonicotinoid insecticides on National Wildlife Refuges. Tell members of Congress to protect biodiversity by co-sponsoring HR 2854, which reinstates the 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in wildlife refuges that was reversed by the Trump administration in 2018. The administration’s action threatens not only pollinators, but contributes to the attack on\u00a0biodiversity worldwide. \u201cThese pollutants upset the delicate ecosystems of our Wildlife Refuges and they have no place in our public lands,\u201d said Rep.Vel\u00e1zquez. \u201cThe ban’s revocation comes as mounting evidence suggests the chemical has damaging environmental effects on bees and other pollinators, undermining the national wildlife system,\u201d she continued. In 2014,\u00a0FWS announced that all National Wildlife Refuges would join in the phase-out of neonics\u00a0(while also phasing out genetically engineered crops) by January 2016. 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