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John,
Rampant pesticide use, habitat destruction and climate change have caused bee populations to plummet.[1]
But what if the tide was turned?
Imagine a world where bees can thrive.
Crops are interspersed with strips of vibrant prairie. Forests are alive with the hum of insects and songs of birds. Pollinator gardens are plentiful and fragrant. Children can spend hours watching once-rare species, like the rusty patched bumblebee, bob between brilliant flowers.
For our Fall 2025 Drive, we're envisioning a brighter future where bees flourish. Donate by midnight tomorrow to help us make this vision a reality.
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It's a hard time to be a bee. Last winter was the deadliest on record for honeybees, and more than 700 native bee species in North America are on the decline.[2,3]
But there's also reason to be hopeful.
Across the country, Environment Colorado and our national network have been working to phase out the worst uses of neonicotinoids, a class of bee-killing pesticides. More than one in four Americans now live in a state that has taken action to restrict the sale of neonics, including all of us here in Colorado.[4]
And in 2017, after our national network and other environmental organizations delivered nearly 120,000 comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the rusty patched bumblebee was granted protection under the Endangered Species Act.[5]
This is only the beginning. Will you help us reach our Fall 2025 Drive goal of raising $30,000 to help revitalize the bees?
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Here's how we're going to bring bees back from the brink and foster a brighter, buzzier future:
* Calling on companies including Amazon and Home Depot to stop carrying bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.
* Supporting habitat rehabilitation and efforts to build more pollinator gardens and prairie strips.
* Campaigning to extend protection under the Endangered Species Act for native bees like the American bumblebee, which has disappeared from eight states.[6]
A world that's safe for bees is a world that's more vibrant. Wouldn't you like to live in it?
Help the bees that will pollinate tomorrow's blossoms. Donate to our Fall 2025 Drive today.
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Thank you,
Ellen Montgomery
1. Steve Blackledge, "Should you be worried about the 'Insect Apocalypse'?", Environment America, June 26, 2025.
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2. Phoebe Weston, "'Could become a death spiral': scientists discover what's driving record die-offs of US honeybees," The Guardian, July 8, 2025.
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3. Gina Cherelus, "Hundreds of North American bee species face extinction - study," Reuters, March 1, 2017.
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4. Wendy Wendlandt and Steve Blackledge, "What's being done to save the bees?", Environment America, October 10, 2023.
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5. Christy Leavitt, "After delay, first bee in continental U.S. protected by Endangered Species Act," Environment America, March 21, 2017.
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6. Steve Blackledge, "The American bumblebee needs endangered species protection," Environment America, April 13, 2023.
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