![]() Recommended actions include minimizing the risk of disease and educating the public about ways the average person can made a difference ( see sidebar, below). The federal recovery plan - not a regulatory document, but more of a road map on how to help a species reach the point at which it can be de-listed - addresses those issues, among others, in broad strokes. ![]() Since evidence first emerged a decade ago of the precipitous decline of the rusty patched bumble bee (scientific name, Bombus affinis), now found in just 13% of the range it inhabited as recently as the 1990s, the bee has become emblematic of the perils facing pollinators, including climate change and habitat loss.
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