Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 5:20:50 GMT -6
The state is recommending voluntary steps, but no further changes to use of controversial pesticides, in a report issued today on how to respond to an alarming drop in the populations of honeybees.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the report from the state Pollinator Task Force, which included state Agriculture and Market, Environmental Conservation and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, as well as industry, academic and beekeeping groups.
Here is the governor’s release:
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/green/governor-announces-response-to-honeybee-health-crisis/4801/
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the report from the state Pollinator Task Force, which included state Agriculture and Market, Environmental Conservation and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, as well as industry, academic and beekeeping groups.
Here is the governor’s release:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the recommendations of the New York State Pollinator Task Force. To address the decline in pollinators that has occurred in recent years, last year the Governor directed the Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture and Markets and the Department of Environmental Conservation to meet with farmers, research institutions and key industry leaders to develop a roadmap to conserve and grow pollinator populations across the state. Pollinators – which include various types of bees and butterflies – contribute significantly to the state’s agricultural economy by adding roughly $350 million in pollination services on an annual basis.
“Pollinators are critical to our ecosystem, as well as New York’s agricultural industry, and the work of this Task Force will help in our efforts to reverse the troubling decline of the bee population in New York and help to preserve and further improve this state’s environmental and economic health,” Governor Cuomo said. “I thank the members of the Task Force for their efforts and look forward to reviewing their recommendations.”
“Pollinators are critical to our ecosystem, as well as New York’s agricultural industry, and the work of this Task Force will help in our efforts to reverse the troubling decline of the bee population in New York and help to preserve and further improve this state’s environmental and economic health,” Governor Cuomo said. “I thank the members of the Task Force for their efforts and look forward to reviewing their recommendations.”
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/green/governor-announces-response-to-honeybee-health-crisis/4801/