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Warm Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season
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Dear Friends,
This December we hope you all get a chance to relax and reflect on your 2023 successes. It was a year of growth and connection for us. We added:
- 29 new cities and counties
- 20 new colleges and universities
- Our first campus and first city Kansas (our 46th state!): Dodge City Community College and City of Wichita
- Our first campus in Idaho: University of Idaho
- Our first city in Alabama: Mountain Brook
- Our first city in Connecticut: New Milford
- Our first city in Minnesota: Red Wing
- Our first city in Oklahoma: Ponca City
?Ÿ?‰ And just this week we certified our 200th Bee City! Welcome, Manchester, KY. ?Ÿ?‰
We now have 376 affiliates in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our webinars, presentations (both virtual and in-person), tours, and regional meet-ups. It was such a pleasure to get to know our affiliates better. We appreciate your good work.
We have some fun plans for 2024, so keep an eye out for new events and resources!
Warm wishes,
Laura Rost and the Bee City and Bee Campus Team
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Bee City USA Open House: Pesticides, Policy, & You
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You're invited
Webinar: Bee City USA Open House: Pesticides, Policy, & You
January 25, 2024
10 AM PT / 11 AM MT / 12 PM CT / 1 PM ET
Register for free
Join Rosemary Malfi and Aaron Anderson from the Xerces Society’s Pesticide Team for an “ask me anything”-style open house! Rosemary and Aaron will give short presentations, with case studies on practical pesticide reduction outreach and policy reform ideas. We will have plenty of time for a Q&A and group discussion on anything pesticide and policy related. This session is for anyone living or working in a Bee City or Bee Campus.
This free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.
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The Sky’s the Limit for Monarchs Wearing Solar-Powered Radio Tags
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Our coworker Kass Urban-Mead, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, recently visited Cape May Point Science Center (C to see one of our Xerces habitat kit sites in their courtyard pollinator garden, and while there had a chance to see Cellular Tracking Technologies’ (CTT) new monarch tagging program, Project Monarch, in action.
Learn more about this in a guest post from CTT. Some of our East Coast Bee Cities and Bee Campuses might find this new community science program a worthwhile activity for their communities. We hope you enjoy learning how it works! Read more
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Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: North Central Region
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January 31 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm CST
Join Micah Kloppenburg, Xerces Society’s Pollinator Conservation Specialist for a short presentation, followed by an extended Q&A and group discussion. This is an opportunity to share your successes, ask for advice, and connect with your fellow affiliate cities and campuses.
Feel free to join us if you are a Bee City or Bee Campus affiliate in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
This free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.
Register here
Watch our past regional meetings:
Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Great Lakes
Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: NE & Mid-Atlantic
Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Southeast Region
Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: SW Region
More meetups to come!
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Xerces Society Files ESA Petition To Protect Morrison Bumble Bee
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To secure protections for an imperiled pollinator, the Xerces Society has submitted a petition for the listing of Morrison bumble bee (Bombus morrisoni) as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act. Read the petition, FAQs, and more
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Welcome, New Bee City and Bee Campus Affiliates!
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- Manchester, KY
- University of California, San Diego
We're so happy to have you join us!
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Annual Renewal Reports Due February 29
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A reminder for our Bee City or Bee Campus committee members: your annual renewal report is due in February. We are updating the report form, so please wait until January 2024 to start filling out your report.
If your city or campus was first certified in 2022 or earlier: Your renewal report and annual fee are due February, 29 2024. If you are one of our first 60 affiliates, you are an early adopter and do not need to pay the renewal fee.
If your city or campus was first certified in 2023: No need to report his year -- your first renewal report and annual fee are due in February 28, 2025
If this is your first year of reporting and are wondering what's involved, check out some of last year's reports and affiliate spotlights in our blog for inspiration.
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The Xerces Society is hiring 3 new positions. Please take a look share with your network. Please note, we have a relatively tight application windows:
Conservation Biologist - Pollinator Habitat Specialist
Location: Los Angeles, California strongly preferred; other locations near LA will be considered.
Compensation: $31.51 /hr, approximately $65,541 annualized
Job Start Date: February 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12/20/23
Communications Specialist, Science and Digital Media
Location: Flexible in the United States.
Compensation: $29.90 /hour, approximately $62,192 annualized
Job Start Date: Feb 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12/21/23
Director of Conservation Policy
Location: Within the U.S., Washington DC area, Oregon or California preferred.
Compensation: $82,347 /year
Job Start Date: First quarter of 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12/29/23
All applications must be submitted via our application website at: http://bit.ly/xerces-jobs
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Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA are initiatives of the Xerces Society. Xerces is a donor supported non-profit organization. Your tax-deductible donation today will help grow and sustain our essential work.
New! Set up a personal, peer-to-peer fundraiser to support Xerces.
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Contact: BeeCityUSA@xerces.org
Donation Mailing Address:
The Xerces Society
PO Box 97387
Washington DC, 20090-7387
Application and Renewal Fee Address:
The Xerces Society
??‹PO Box 84274
Seattle, WA 98124-5574
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