[MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 92, Issue 1 - New Issue - Pollinator law for imported Bees needs to include others

Thu Jun 6 04:53:47 PDT 2019

The proposed legislation H.R. 1337 - Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2019 addresses only bees and not other pollinators.  This legislation  omits others such as moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, wasps and especially bats. Bats have been losing their habitat as people have been eliminating (sometimes out of fear)  their nesting sites in places where  (Spanish Moss) Tillandsia usneoides  and other plants live. More education on the subject is needed to be certain especially where bats are concerned as these insectivores are a wonderful dynamic in the ecosystem for mosquito control. Bats naturally move into areas such as dark, hollow trees, and other natural areas but these are often removed. They also live in underground areas - not just caves and in bat boxes too. They are not rodents and do not destroy wood, buildings, etc. as some are falsely led to believe because of 'fear mongering' myths about bats. Bats move constantly when disturbed. This limits their presence in mosquito control and their ability to propagate.  Lepidoptera, especially the Nymphalidae, four footed butterfly or brush-footed butterfly  nectar in the same places that bees nectar in, thus their presence is also important. There are many species of flies in the Mid-Atlantic region especially that pollinate. In Virginia alone, out of 698 half of them are flies that pollinate - they are even bee-like in appearance. It would be a good thing if we could advise our Senators and Congress to broaden the view of this and its spectrum. Respectfully, Kathryn Peterson Lambert 

-----Original Message-----
From: maipc-request <maipc-request at lists.maipc.org>
To: maipc <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2019 7:00 am
Subject: MAIPC Digest, Vol 92, Issue 1

Send MAIPC mailing list submissions to
    maipc at lists.maipc.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
    http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
    maipc-request at lists.maipc.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
    maipc-owner at lists.maipc.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of MAIPC digest..."

Today's Topics:

  1. contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act
      (Marc Imlay)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:00:35 -0400
From: "Marc Imlay" <ialm at erols.com>
To: <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
Subject: [MAIPC] contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK
    Act
Message-ID: <003301d51ac4$bcd78210$36868630$@erols.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

If my son can do it so can all of us!

Marc

From: keithimlay at kpiconsultingit.com <mailto:keithimlay at kpiconsultingit.com>  <keithimlay at kpiconsultingit.com <mailto:keithimlay at kpiconsultingit.com> > 
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2019 4:41 PM
To: 'Marc Imlay' <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> >
Subject: RE: Keith read this contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act

Dear Senator Warner, 

I met you once walking out of Columbia Firehouse in Old Town and think you are a great Senator!  Please consider this important legislation if you have not already...

This bipartisan act was just introduced.

https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-act-introduced/

************************

Just sent this to my Senator? 

Thanks,

Keith P. Imlay

KPI Consulting LLC

P: 703-328-8389 

KeithImlay at KPIConsultingIT.com <mailto:KeithImlay at KPIConsultingIT.com> 

From: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> > 
Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2019 3:34 PM
To: KeithImlay at KPIConsultingIT.com <mailto:KeithImlay at KPIConsultingIT.com> 
Subject: Keith read this contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act

Hi Keith,

This bipartisan bill, for $100 million to fight Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, deserves support. We can also recommend that current approaches that help be mentioned in the legislation. I described the approach today by National Wildlife Federation about the benefit of reintroducing opossums in back yards, for example.  

From: "Liz McDowell, MNPS" <lmcdnativeplants at hughes.net <mailto:lmcdnativeplants at hughes.net> >

Subject: contact your US Senators about supporting the TICK Act

Date: May 27, 2019 at 9:35:41 AM EDT

To: 

Howdy All,

This bipartisan act was just introduced.

https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-act-introduced/

Please contact your US Senator & ask for their support.

https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=MD

Please spread the word to your members & organizations.

Anyone who loves the outdoors needs to support this.

Liz

Liz McDowell, Coordinator

Western Mountains Chapter of 

Maryland Native Plant Society

301-895-3686

News

News

 <https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-act-introduced/> LymeDisease.org

*    
*    
*    
*    
*    
*    

24

MAY

2019

Bill calls for $100 million to fight Lyme and other tick-borne diseases

In a bipartisan effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, of Maine, and Tina Smith, of Minnesota, today introduced the Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act.

If passed, it would be the highest amount ever approved for the fight against tick-borne diseases.

Click below to watch Senator Collins introduce the measure on the Senate floor.

?To knock out Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, we need a unified approach with leadership at the federal level and resources at the local level,? said Senator Collins.

?These diseases present grave risks to our public health and serious harm to our families and communities. The sooner we acknowledge these risks and coordinate our effort to overcome them, the better for all of us. The TICK Act does just that by applying a three-pronged public health approach to address Lyme and other vector-borne diseases, and I urge our colleagues to join us in supporting this important bill.?

?Minnesotans are eager to get outside after a long winter. Unfortunately, the number of Lyme disease cases in the state?and states across the country?is on the rise. Our bipartisan bill aims to reduce the number of cases by establishing an effort to target, prevent, and treat Lyme disease,? said Sen. Smith, a member of the Senate Health Committee.

?We made sure to collaborate with universities and public health agencies, and our bipartisan bill is supported by a coalition of researchers, medical professionals, and government officials from across the country. We hope our colleagues join us so we can quickly take up and pass this bill.?

Using a three-pronged approach, the TICK Act would:

1. Establish an Office of Oversight and Coordination for Vector-Borne Disease at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office would develop a national strategy to prevent and treat Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, expand research, and improve testing, treatment affordability, and public awareness. The Office would also coordinate with other federal departments to address these diseases, including the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Interior, Homeland Security and the Environmental Protection Agency.

2. Reauthorize Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease for five years at $10 million per year. Funding for these centers, which was allotted in 2017, expires in 2021. These Centers have led the scientific response against tick-borne diseases, which now make up 75 percent of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. There are five centers located at universities in New York, California, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin.

3. Authorize CDC Grants at $20 million per year that would be awarded to State Health Departments to improve data collection and analysis, support early detection and diagnosis, improve treatment, and raise awareness. These awards would help states build a public health infrastructure for Lyme and other vector-borne diseases and amplify their initiatives through public-private partnerships.

In 2016, Congress took a critical step forward with the enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act, which created a federal Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. This Working Group released its first report in November 2018, which created several recommendations for next steps. With the findings of this report in mind, this legislation puts key recommendations into practice.

 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> 

Virus-free.  <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> www.avast.com 

---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20190604/1c6fc757/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 3067 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20190604/1c6fc757/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 12295 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20190604/1c6fc757/attachment-0001.jpg>

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer

_______________________________________________
MAIPC mailing list
MAIPC at lists.maipc.org
http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org

------------------------------

End of MAIPC Digest, Vol 92, Issue 1
************************************
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20190606/7812457c/attachment-0001.html>