Join Environmental Science and Management for a winter seminar series on pollinators. Our series continues with Jeff Everett from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. His talk is titled, "Bumble Bees and the Endangered Species Act at 50."
In its 50-year history, over 1700 species across many taxa have been listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Of all of those, only 9 are bees – and only 2 of those are bumble bees. This presentation will provide an update on the status of those listed bees as well as the ongoing review of other bumble bees of conservation concern; threats to bumble bees; how bumble bees are very different than honey bees, and ongoing research to fill critical knowledge gaps. With a focus on species found in the Pacific Northwest, this presentation will also include an update on the efforts to find Franklin’s bumble bee, which has not been detected since 2006.
Jeff Everett is a Fish and Wildlife Biologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Ecological Services program in Portland, Oregon, where he works as the lead biologist for Franklin’s bumble bee and Western bumble bee. He focuses on a variety of bumble bee listing and recovery projects, and represents the Service on several regional and national pollinator teams. Jeff is collaborating on several research projects aimed at filling critical knowledge gaps in bumble bee life history. Throughout his career he’s coordinated conservation efforts for Greater sage-grouse; worked on renewable energy development and permitting throughout the PNW; and spent the first 10 years of his career with the Service as a private lands biologist in western Montana, restoring native fish habitat. Jeff and his wife have four busy kids, two lazy cats, one oblivious rabbit, but no bees. Jeff has a BS in Environmental Science from the State University of NY at Buffalo.
This series is supported by a generous donation from alum Steve Wille.