A snapshot of state actions to protect pollinators
Pollinators are vital to our food systems and maintain the planet’s ecosystems. Action by states is needed to protect them.
Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America
Started on staff: 1991
B.A., Wartburg College
Steve directs Environment America’s efforts to protect our public lands and waters and the species that depend on them. He led our successful campaign to win full and permanent funding for our nation’s best conservation and recreation program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund. He previously oversaw U.S. PIRG’s public health campaigns. Steve lives in Sacramento, California, with his family, where he enjoys biking and exploring Northern California.
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Posts by Steve Blackledge
Bumblebees are disappearing before our eyes
Pesticides and habitat loss are driving America’s bumblebees to extinction. That’s why we’re working to save them.
We need to call on Amazon to help save the bees
Once bees are gone, they’re gone for good. You can’t same-day ship a new species. Tell Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides today.
The monarch butterfly and the Endangered Species Act
Key things to know about the monarch butterfly, its decline, and protections it may receive from the Endangered Species Act.
How Home Depot can protect bees from deadly pesticides
Neonic pesticides kill bees in huge numbers, yet Home Depot continues to sell them. We’re calling on Home Depot to stop.
Thanksgiving, delicious pumpkin pie and the role of pollinators
Bumblebees, squash bees and honey bees pollinate the pumpkins that lead to pumpkin pie, and bees pollinate many of the foods on our Thanksgiving table.