Help track and map bumble bees

Help track and map bumble bees

7 years ago
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https://www.idahostatejournal.com/outdoors/xtreme_idaho/help-track-and-map-bumble-bees/article_7fd1f5e0-404f-5188-afc8-6c2225138282.html

The Pacific Northwest is home to nearly 30 species of bumble bees and many of them face an uncertain future. As part of the Pacific Northwest Bumble Bee Atlas Project, Idaho Fish and Game and its conservation partners are collecting field observations of bumble bees. The goal is to map bumble bee populations in the Pacific Northwest, but they can’t do it alone.

“Washington, Idaho and Oregon are large, and we need an army of trained volunteers equipped with cameras to help survey the entire region,” said Rich Hatfield, Senior Conservation Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.