*Oregon Bee Atlas Information Session*
/Nov. 13^th in the Netul River Room at Fort Clatsop/
Did you know Oregon has about 500 different species of bees? We say
‘about 500’ because we do not exactly know how many bee species call
Oregon home. Much of the state has been poorly surveyed. The Oregon Bee
Atlas’ five year mission’ is to train volunteers to generate museum
quality records with a complete inventory of the bees of the state.
Join us in the Netul River Room at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center on
_Wednesday, November 13^th at 3:30 – 5:30 p.m._ to learn more about the
Oregon Bee Atlas, training opportunities and how you can get involved
with surveying for native bees in 2020.
The presenter, Andony Melathopoulos, is an Assistant Professor in
Pollinator Health Extension in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon
State University, which was the first such position in the US. He also
sits on the Steering Committee of the Oregon Bee Project, which
coordinates pollinator health work across state agencies and hosts a
weekly podcast called PolliNation. In 2018, Andony was recognized with
the national Pollinator Advocate award by the North American Pollinator
Protection Campaign.
For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471 or check out
www.nps.gov/lewi <http://www.nps.gov/lewi> or Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park on Facebook.
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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
