Help send 35,000 comments: Demand endangered species protections for the Franklin's bumblebee!

Bee populations are in decline around the world -- threatening both our environment and the food we eat. The Franklin’s bumblebee is just one more example of how pesticides are devastating our pollinator pals.

The first step to helping the Franklin’s bumblebee recover is listing it as an endangered species. But if you don’t act now, the Franklin’s bumblebee could disappear forever.

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Dear Fish and Wildlife Service,

I urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to immediately list the Franklin’s bumblebee as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Franklin’s bumblebee is on the brink of extinction, and the last recorded sighting of this bumblebee species was in Oregon in 2006. This is a big problem for native plants on the west coast such as the lupine, California Poppy, and horsemint because the Franklin’s bumblebee is a vital pollinator.

Their rapid decline is linked to a variety of factors including habitat loss, diseases, pollution, invasive species and aerial spraying of pesticides. Bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, a key driver of the rapid decline in honeybee populations, are also impacting bumblebees. A number of recent studies reconfirm that these pesticides are “beyond doubt” harming bumblebees’ memory, ability to forage and colony growth.

In 2008, the IUCN listed the Franklin’s bumblebee as critically endangered with populations continuing to decrease. We need the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help the Franklin’s bumblebee all across the western U.S. by giving it endangered species status. Listing the Franklin’s bumblebee under the ESA is one step we can take to help protect this important pollinator, and the many species that depend on it, for future generations.

Sincerely,
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