Date: 6/2/25 5:17 pm From: Grant Stevenson <stevensongrant03...> Subject: Re: Broad Mountain BBS route in Huntingdon county
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Grant Stevenson
Lehigh County
On Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 7:41 PM SCOTT WEIDENSAUL <
<000001343b2dd726-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Just to follow up on Deb’s comment below, that the BBS (and all manner of
> other, essential conservation work, from the federal Bird Banding Lab to
> the Bee Lab to 63 USGS science and research centers around the country and
> Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Units at 43 colleges and universities that
> train the next generation of conservation professionals) are at risk
> because of the proposed budget now before the Senate, which completely
> eliminates the Ecosystems Mission Area at USGS that houses all of this
> essential work and the 1,200 scientists who make it happen.
>
> If you care about birds, *now* is the time to call Pennsylvania's U.S.
> Senators and urge them to restore funding for the EMA. Do it now, while the
> memory of spring migration is fresh — and so that those birds don’t become
> simply a memory.
>
> Scott Weidensaul
> Milton, NH (formerly Schuylkill County)
>
>
> > On Jun 2, 2025, at 7:12 AM, Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> wrote:
> >
> > Because the USGS has had funds cut, this may be the last year for BBS
> routes. Most have been run since the late 60s, nearly 60 years. But, they
> will probably be considered non-essential. It was touch and go for the
> agency to get money for postage to mail our packets. So so sad.
>
