When it comes to insect
pollinator health policies, state governments are doing more than the federal
government. A University of Missouri study found between 2000 to 2017, 36
states had enacted just over 100 laws to address the insect pollinator health
crisis compared with only four laws at the federal level. And, MU researcher
Damon Hall says Minnesota is leading the way among Midwest states, “They’ve
created a task force that works closely with the governor’s office and that is
filled with experts at the University of Minnesota or some of the world’s
leading experts on insect pollinator health as well as honeybee health.”
Hall says the Minnesota task
force has developed a funding stream for more pollinator research.
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