The Xerces Society www.xerces.org

Press Releases & Action Alerts

May 5, 2004
Xerces Society Joins Scientists, Artists, and Conservationists in Petition to Bush Administration to Place 225 Plants and Animals on Endangered List

April 26, 2004
New Populations of Imperiled Northwest Butterfly Found

April 26, 2004
Society Works to Protect Nevada's Sand Mountain BlueButterfly

April 6, 2004
Conservation Groups Move to Protect Three of Pacific Northwest's Rarest Butterflies

News

March 27, 2008
Why Nature Needs Its Native Bees
by Divya Abhat, The Wildlife Professional

March 14, 2008
Crop Pollinating Native Bees
by Mace Vaughan, from CTIC Partners

July 15, 2007
Butterflies Aren't Free
by Paula Bock, The Seattle Times

July 12, 2007
Befriend Bees
by Sharon Cohoon, Sunset Magazine

July 10, 2007
Where Have All the Honeybees Gone?
by Alex Breitler, www.recordnet.com

June 29, 2007
D's Support Bees
The Portland Business Journal

May 9, 2007
Tennessee Honey Bees Struggling
by Anne Paine, Tennessean

May 7, 2007
Protect Native Pollinators
by Jodi DeLong, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia

May 7, 2007
Flight of the Honeybee
CBS Evening News, Woodland, CA

May 3, 2007
Flight of the Honeybees
by Joe Robinson, LA Times Home & Garden

April 4, 2007
What's Happening to the Bees?
The Christian Science Monitor

October 26, 2006
Protecting the Spineless From Extinction
by John Nielson, National Public Radio

November 14, 2006
Feds Deny Protection for San Juan Island Butterfly
The Associated Press, The Seattle Post Intelligencer

April 12, 2006
Sixlegged Workers Contribution? $57 Billion
ABCNews

April 1, 2006
What's the point of Insects?
by Michael Hopkin
Nature.com

April 1, 2006
Bugs Plug $57 Billion into US Economy
This article appeared in the Daytona Beach News Journal; The News and Observer (North Carolina), Arizona Daily Star; Burlington Free Press (Vermont); Quad City Times (Iowa); Washington Times; Albuquerque Tribune, Desert News and MSNBC

April, 2006
Billion Dollar Bugs
Science and Spirit

November 15, 2005
City Gardens May Drive Bee Diversity, Study Says
by Cameron Walker, National Geographic News

November 11, 2005
Logging Not Much Help Against Forest Insect Outbreaks
by Jeff Barnard
Associated Press Writer
(A version of this article appeared in papers across the west, including: The Register-Guard, OR, Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY, Summit Daily News, CO, The Casper Star Tribune, WY, Corvallis Gazette Times, OR, Coos Bay World, OR,
EastOregonian.info, OR, Albany Democrat Herald, OR, Lewiston Morning Tribune, ID, Cortez Journal, CO)

October 10, 2005
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Goes on Endangered List
by the Associated Press Sioux City Journal, Omaha, Nebraska

October 10, 2005
Battling Beetles Badly
by Jessie McQuillan, Missoula Independent

October 6, 2005
Report: Logging Not Effective Against Bark Beetles
Environment News Service

October 6, 2005
Beetle-Ravaged Pine Trees Create Piles of Problems
by Steve Lipscher, The Denver Post

July 20, 2005
Bugs Chewing Up Trees Across the West, Raising Fire Danger
by Kim Nguyen
Associated Press writer
A version of this article appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune, the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Billings Gazette.

May 27, 2005
Bee-Friendly Gardens Help Create Floral Beauty, Healthy Produce and a Vibrant Ecology
Ventura County Star

May 21, 2005
Time for a New Approach to Crop Pollination
San Francisco Chronicle

May 21, 2005
Abuzz About Bees: California's Native Bees Can Lessen Farmers' Dependence on the European Honey Bee
San Francisco Chronicle

May 1, 2005
Bees Need a Place to Buzz Off
by Rachel Long and Mace Vaughan
Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA

March 17, 2005
Beetle Infestation at Epidemic Levels on Forest Land
Helena Independent Record, Helena, MT

October 20, 2004
Can Wild Bees Take Sting From Honeybee Decline?
by John Roach, National Geographic News (online)

October 14, 2004
Entomologist to Talk About "What Good are Bugs?"
Salem Stateman Journal

September 29, 2004
Suit Filed to Save San Juan Island Butterfly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

August 2004
Coverage of this year's BugFest in The Oregonian and The Hillsboro Argus.

July 25, 2004
Keep the Neighborhood Buzzing: Make Your Yard Attractive to Bees
Maine Press Herald, by Stephanie Bouchard

July 2004
Xerces Society Helps Pollinators Do Their Work Through Education and Advocacy, by Mary Moss, cover article of the July 2004 "The Beeline," the newsletter of the Oregon State Beekeepers Association www.orsba.org

June 10, 2004
Environmentalists Sue to Protect Swallowtail Butterflies
by Aviva L. Brandt, KATU

May 10, 2004
Spotted: More Checkerspots
Eugene Register-Guard, by Scott Maben
(Eugene, Oregon)
(a version of this article appeared in papers nationwide, including the Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Macon Telegraph, Monterey County Herald, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Duluth News Tribune, Fort Worth Star Telegram, and others)