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Report: Wild Bee decline threatens US Crop Production
El Paso Herald-Post (press release) (registration) (blog)
Taylor Ricketts, professor and director, University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and the report's senior author, says continued losses could disrupt the nation's crop production. “Wild bees are important because they help ...

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Public News Service
New Research Maps Farm Threats from Wild Bee Loss
Public News Service
DENVER - Wild bee populations in the U.S. are disappearing in many of the country's most important farmlands, including the Great Plains and California's Central Valley according to a national study led by the University of Vermont. Taylor Ricketts ...

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Public News Service
Report: Wild Bee Decline Threatens US Crop Production
Public News Service
Taylor Ricketts, professor and director, University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and the report's senior author, says continued losses could disrupt the nation's crop production. "Wild bees are important because they help ...

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The management of external nutrient inputs to eutrophic systems can be confounded due to a persistent pool of phosphorus (P) in lake sediments. The behaviors of P and trace metals depend largely on the reductive dissolution of amorphous iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) (oxy)hydroxides in sediments; however, a holistic understanding of these dynamics in relation to the broader ecological and hydrodynamic conditions of the system remains elusive. We used a high-frequency monitoring approach to develop a comprehensive conceptual model of P, Mn, and Fe dynamics across the sediment water continuum of a shallow bay in Lake Champlain (Missisquoi Bay, USA).

As wild and domesticated bee populations continue to decline, a new study from the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics shows the regions most affected across the country. The study was led by Insu Koh, a postdoctoral researcher.

Professor Taylor Ricketts, director of the Gund Institute and a senior author of the study, tells Here & Now's Robin Young that agricultural areas are contributing to the decline, even when they need bees more than ever.

Stowe Today
Wait ... that's Grace Potter!
Stowe Today
In her acceptance speech, Potter thanked her music teachers at Harwood for nurturing her love of music, including music director Diane Phillips. She also spoke about the importance of the Governor's Institute of the Arts, an annual summer arts camp ...

Stein Eriksen, Olympic Ski Champion Who Heralded Freestyle, Dies ...  The New York Times

Vermont Public Radio
Longtime Rutland Herald Photographer A.J. Marro Retires
Vermont Public Radio
Governor's Institute of the Arts parade in Castleton. Credit A.J. Marro / Rutland Herald. Clarino's wife, Yvonne Daley, is also a former Rutland Herald reporter. While Marro may be best known for his sports photos, she says his artistic eye comes ...

North Country Public Radio
UVM researcher's study shows decline in bees
Rutland Herald
BURLINGTON — A new study led by researchers from the University of Vermont has found wild bee populations have declined across 23 percent of the country. The study — the first to map wild bee populations across the lower 48 states — found ...
US Wild Bee Populations WaningThe Scientist
US Crop Production Threatened By Declining Wild Bee PopulationsDesign & Trend
Decreasing wild bee populations threatening crops in USThe Independent
PerfScience -KDAL
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The Vermont Standard
Some Businesses Wishing For Snow
The Vermont Standard
“The 2015-2016 El Nino is shaping up to be the strongest on record,” Dupigny-Giroux said. In Burlington, 1.8 inches of snow had fallen for the entire season as of Monday. That's 14.3 inches below normal, meteorologists say. Last year, the jet stream ...

Junior doctors hit out at Jeremy Hunt after he praises NHS Choir's Christmas No1  Daily Mail

Researchers map U.S. bee loss hot spots
Farm Futures
(L-R) Taylor Ricketts and Insu Koh, bee experts at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. ( Sally McCay, UVM). The research team, led by Insu Koh at the University of Vermont, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 ...

Huffington Post
What You Should Know About The Drastic Decline Of Wild Bees
Huffington Post
A research team led by Insu Koh (right) and Taylor Ricketts, bee experts at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23 percent of the contiguous U.S., ...
Wild bees decline where crop pollination is most neededDavis Enterprise
Wild bee low populations pose a threat to US crop productionPulse Headlines
Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, says studyGlobal Viral News
WBUR -BBC News
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The Scientist
US Wild Bee Populations Waning
The Scientist
“If you look at the maps, the places that show the lowest abundance is essentially a map of intensified agriculture in the U.S.,” study coauthor Taylor Ricketts of Vermont told BBC News. Regions that have suffered bee losses overlap with areas that ...
UVM researcher's study shows decline in beesRutland Herald
US Crop Production Threatened By Declining Wild Bee PopulationsDesign & Trend
Decreasing wild bee populations threatening crops in USThe Independent
PerfScience -The Ecologist
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BurlingtonFreePress.com
Potter sings, receives award at Harwood Union High
BurlingtonFreePress.com
She also gave credit to the Governor's Institute on the Arts, where she spent a week in Castleton as a teen studying music and making lifelong friends. ... “Every time something special happens,” Potter told the assembly, “I bring it back to Vermont ...
Shumlin Graces Potter with awardvtdigger.org

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Wild Bee Decline Theatens US Crop Production
The Northfield News
The research team, led by Insu Koh at the University of Vermont, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23 percent of the contiguous U.S. The study also shows that 39 percent of U.S. croplands that depend on pollinators ...

Science Daily
Wild bee decline threatens US crop production
Science Daily
The research team, led by Insu Koh at the University of Vermont, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23% of the contiguous U.S. The study also shows that 39% of US croplands that depend on pollinators--from apple ...

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150+ Vermont leaders call for end of gas pipeline project
vtdigger.org
Middlebury, Vermont — In a letter today business owners, nonprofit organizations, faith leaders, farmers, academics, and community representatives across Vermont asked Governor Peter Shumlin to pull his support for additional construction of the ...

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Vermont Biz
Wild bee decline threatens US crop production
Vermont Biz
A research team led by Insu Koh (right) and Taylor Ricketts, bee experts at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23 percent of the contiguous US, ...
Wild Bees Declining In Major Agricultural AreasHere And Now
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuelBBC News
Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study findsUniversity of California
Newsweek -Minneapolis Star Tribune -Los Angeles Times -EurekAlert
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Vermont Biz
Wild Bees Declining In Major Agricultural Areas
WBUR
As wild and domesticated bee populations continue to decline, a new study from the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics shows the regions most affected across the country. The study was led by Insu Koh, a postdoctoral ...
Wild bee decline threatens US crop productionVermont Biz
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuelBBC News
Wild bees losing out to corn in Minnesota and Upper Midwest, says U of Vermont studyMinneapolis Star Tribune
Los Angeles Times -University of California
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