TO ALL WHO CARE ABOUT THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF EXTREME MINING

IN DELICATE ENVIRONMENTS IN ARIZONA

The academic community, even into other countries, is a part of the larger community of individuals that is seriously concerned about the possibility of intensive mining in southeastern Arizona, where water is very short and precious, and biodiversity is unusually high. In addition, there is considerable concern about the fallout with respect to availability and quality of water for people, not to speak of the loss of the major, sustainable economy of ecotourism.

[Bernays' preliminary notes on biodiversity]

Below is a document that summarizes some of these issues, together with the names of hundreds of academic signatories attesting to the concern of many who care about our environment, our state, and our country. The document was compiled and signatures obtained by Elizabeth Bernays (Regents' Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona) during February to July, 2012, and letters of approval from signatories are available.

THE PROBLEM OF PROPOSED OPEN PIT MINES IN SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS IN SE ARIZONA

Due to planned mines, southeast Arizona is threatened as a habitat for both wildlife and people. The biological diversity is higher than for any region in the USA, with its sky islands, washes, desert flats and grasslands creating a major tourism industry based on naturalists, hunters, hikers, bikers, and researchers. The Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve is quoted by the Audubon Society as the one of the best birding locations in the entire country.

There is a drought in Arizona, and severe drought predicted in the coming decades. Water will become ever more critical yet international companies are planning to develop mines for silver, copper and other metals. Such mining industries use vast quantities of fresh water and produce vast quantities of contaminated water. Best known is the planned Rosemont mine in the Santa Rita Mountains. The site is only 25 miles from Tucson, and closer to a number of smaller townships. Rosemont's water use estimate is over 3 trillion gallons per year [1] probably reducing the water table by at least 1000 feet over time and thus severely impacting the vegetation over square miles, affecting private wells and town water. Trees will disappear and habitat for most animals will be wrecked. The mining operation would last 20 years, yet drawdown of the water table is predicted to continue to expand for miles outward and for hundreds of years [2].

Just south of the Santa Rita Mountains, over 200 mining claims have recently been established in the Patagonia Mountains, with the possibility of future mining activity even bigger than that of Rosemont. This will destroy many square miles of forest and kill the town of Patagonia, along with the wild life. The oasis of Patagonia Lake would be lost forever. And the various companies are not to be trusted in their reports. For example, in October of 2011, a plan of operations submitted by Arizona Minerals, Inc. a subsidiary of Wildcat Silver Corporation, was to conduct exploratory drilling on public lands near Patagonia and was approved by the Forest Service. The memo lists floodplains, wetlands, and municipal watersheds as "not present." Yet the site is right in Harshaw Creek watershed, draining into Sonoita Creek (and hence Patagonia, Santa Cruz River and Nogales). Already, there are pollutants above those allowed for drinking water, resulting from some mining activity [3].

All the lands being considered for mining are prime wildlife habitat, provide important wildlife corridors, and are home to abundant game and non-game species such as deer, javelina, bats, mountain lion, coatimundi, quail, hawks, vultures, golden eagles, and songbirds. Threatened and endangered species, such as the Lesser Long-nosed Bat, and the Pima Pineapple Cactus, and other vulnerable species such as the Jaguar, Rufous-winged Sparrow, and Bell's Vireo occur in the area. In the Patagonia Mountains several of the proposed mines are in critical habitat for the threatened Mexican Spotted Owl [4]. The actual damage to the habitat, and the derived damage from lowered water tables would severely impact these and most other animals.

Besides the drastic effect on water, the level of industrial activity and road traffic will have a huge impact on the whole area south of Tucson. For Rosemont mine alone, hundreds of mine trucks will travel 24/7 up and down highway 83. There would also be truckloads of concentrated sulfuric acid, a variety of petroleum products, surfactants, and cyanide. This is a two-lane major scenic route for the cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists, as well as off-road riders, that make up a large part of the sustainable industry in the "Mountain Empire" of Sonoita, Elgin and Patagonia (birding, hiking, wine tasting, horseback riding, biking, camping, hunting, visiting art galleries and historical monuments). If there were to be mining in the Patagonia Mountains, truck traffic could be ten times more than the traffic of the Rosemont mine. The current sustainable economy would be lost to a 20-year activity, leaving a trail of ghost towns.

In some of the most scenic and popular regions in the state these open pit mines also threaten the whole appearance of the countryside. Rosemont pit would cover 700 acres and the billion tons of tailings would cover another 3,000 acres, most of it on forestry land. Such tailings provide the toxic dust familiar from such mines, and a hazard in this windy desert environment. Further, there would be 250 acres of equipment, 24/7 blasting, and the end of dark skies in this astronomers' paradise. Air quality in relation to Rosemont is serious enough for Pima County to deny an air-quality permit though the company is working to overturn the ruling. The situation would be worse in Patagonia with the nearest possible mine being just eight miles south of town.

The huge pits with their toxic lakes will be a serious hazard for birds of many species including rare migrating birds, and especially those attracted to water. The liners of such pits are known to tear quite frequently, releasing noxious chemicals into the ground water. The released acid reacts with other ores washing out other toxic heavy metals such as cadmium, lead and arsenic, so that they contaminate the ground water.

In conclusion, it appears that southeastern Arizona, and in particular the Santa Rita-Patagonia Mountain region is too sensitive, too scenic, and too valuable to be exploited by huge mining operations. This is a desert and water is its most valuable resource. This is a special area for wildlife and recreation of all kinds. This is too close to a major city, and to historic and irreplaceable small townships with their special kinds of sustainable development.

1]  Water Consumption at Copper Mines in Arizona, by Dr. Madan M. Singh, State of Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources, Special Report 29, December 2010.

2]  Hydrogeology of the Santa Rita Rosemont Project Site: Numerical Groundwater Modeling of the Conceptual Flow, Model and Effects of the Construction of the Proposed Open Pit, April 2008. Prepared for Pima County Regional Flood Control District, Prepared by: Tom Myers PhD, Hydrologic Consultant.

3]  ADEQ Report, Total Maximum Daily Load For Upper Alum Gulch, Sonoita Creek Basin, Santa Cruz River Watershed, Coronado National Forest near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona HUC 15050301-561A Parameters: Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, and Acidity. June 30, 2003

4]  Ganey JL and Balda RP Distribution and Habitat Use of the Mexican Spotted Owl in Arizona, Condor 91, 366-361.

  1. Elizabeth Bernays, Regents' Professor, University of Arizona
  2. Ron Pulliam, Regents Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia
  3. Daniela Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  4. Gary Paul Nabhan, Kellogg Professor of Southwestern Borderlands Food and Water Security, University of Arizona
  5. Loy Volkman, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley
  6. Michael Singer, Associate Professor, Wesleyan University, CT
  7. Yves Carriere, Professor, University of Arizona
  8. Noah Whiteman, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  9. Wulfila Gronenberg, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  10. Wayne Getz, Professor of Environmental Science, UC Berkeley
  11. Wendy Moore, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  12. Richard C. Hoyer, Tucson, Arizona
  13. Nancy A. Moran, Professor, Yale University
  14. Howard Ochman, Professor, Yale University
  15. Lee A. Rogers, Patagonia, Arizona
  16. Susan Wethington, Director of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network, Patagonia, Arizona
  17. Richard Karban, Professor of Entomology, University of California, Davis
  18. Anurag Agrawal, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
  19. Alexander V. Badyaev, Professor, University of Arizona
  20. Mary E. Power, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  21. Damian O. Elias, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  22. Gregory A. Sword, Charles R Parencia Professor, Texas A&M University
  23. Michael Worobey, Professor, University of Arizona
  24. John G. Hildebrand, Regents Professor, University of Arizona
  25. Alison Hawthorne Deming, Professor, University of Arizona
  26. David L. Wagner, Professor, University of Connecticut
  27. James E. Pepper, Professor of Environmental Studies, Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz
  28. Gail Browne, Executive Director University of Arizona Poetry Center
  29. John Stireman, Associate Professor, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  30. Kerry L. Bright, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
  31. Nickolas M. Waser, University of California Riverside and University of Arizona
  32. Mary V. Price, University of California Riverside and University of Arizona
  33. Michael W. Nachman, Professor, University of Arizona
  34. Daniel R. Papaj, Professor, University of Arizona
  35. Oliver A. Ryder, Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Diego
  36. Peter Chesson, Professor, University of Arizona
  37. Michael D. Greenfield, Professeur / Chercheur, CNRS, Univ François Rabelais de Tours, France
  38. Anna Dornhaus, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  39. Robert Smith, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  40. Robert Merideth, Editor, Tucson, AZ
  41. Phil Jenkins, Curator, University of Arizona Herbarium
  42. Paul Feeny, Professor Emeritus, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
  43. Stephen J. Simpson, ARC Laureate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney
  44. Sanford Eigenbrode, Professor and Chair of the Division of Entomology, University of Idaho
  45. Chen-Zhu Wang, Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  46. Ronald L. Rutowski, Professor, Arizona State University
  47. Fenton Johnson, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  48. Shelley McMahon, Associate Professor, University of Arizona and Director, UA Herbarium
  49. Erich Städler, PD Emeritus, Section of Conservation Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
  50. Richard Michod, Professor and Department Head Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
  51. Dr. Martin Taylor, former conservation biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, Tucson
  52. Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, Ecosystems Biologist, Washington, DC
  53. Prof. Carol Bender, University Distinguished Outreach Professor, University of Arizona
  54. Martha Weiss, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
  55. Andreas Erhardt, Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland
  56. Dr. Thomas R. Van Devender, Sky Island Alliance
  57. Thomas G. Whitham, Regents' Professor, Northern Arizona University
  58. Douglas J. Emlen, Professor, The University of Montana
  59. Dr. Phil deVries, Professor, University of New Orleans
  60. Jessica Lamberton, Biologist, Sky Island Alliance
  61. Dr. Steven J. Seybold, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station and Faculty Affiliate, Dept. Entomology, University of California, Davis
  62. Alexander H. Purcell, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
  63. Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., MC 5557, New York, NY, 10027
  64. Dr. Carol Baird, Executive Officer, California Institute for Biodiversity, Moraga, CA
  65. Dr. Wade Bunting, Anthropologist, formerly at the University of California, Los Angeles
  66. Alison Bunting, formerly at the University of California, Los Angeles
  67. Dr. Richard B. Levine, Professor, University of Arizona
  68. Dr. Alison Purcell O'Dowd, Professor, Humboldt State University, Department of Environmental Science & Management
  69. Katharine Milton, Professor. Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley
  70. Dr. Loy Volkman, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley
  71. Susan Hardy Aiken, Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
  72. Catherine A Gehring, Professor, Northern Arizona University
  73. Dr. Andrew D. Graves, Forest Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  74. Dr. Bruce Walsh, Professor, University of Arizona
  75. Dr. Philip C. Rosen, Research Scientist, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona
  76. Dr. Guy R. McPherson, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona
  77. Bert Hölldobler, Foundation Professor, Arizona State University
  78. Rodrigo P.P. Almeida, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  79. Regis Ferriere, Professor, University of Arizona
  80. Judie Bronstein, Professor, University of Arizona
  81. David Raubenheimer, Professor, Massey University, New Zealand
  82. Margaret G. Kidwell, Regents' Professor Emerita, The University of Arizona
  83. Wayne Maddison, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
  84. C. William Birky Jr, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona
  85. Carlos Martinez Del Rio, Professor, University of Wyoming
  86. Therese Markow, Amylin Professor in Life Sciences, University of California, San Diego
  87. Jose M.C. Ribeiro, Vector Biologist, Senior Research Scientist at a Federal Institution, Former Professor at the University of Arizona
  88. Letitia Aviles, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
  89. Frederic Marion-Poll, Professor, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, France
  90. Joseph L. Spencer, Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign
  91. John Glendinning, Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York
  92. Peter Nonacs, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
  93. Dr. Cristina Sandoval, Director, University of California Santa Barbara, Coal Oil Point Reserve
  94. Dr. Kevin Lafferty, Research Scientist, USGS
  95. Bruce Tabashnik, Professor, University of Arizona
  96. Dr. Andrea Mathias, Research Scientist, University of Arizona
  97. Dr. David Walker, Research Scientist, University of Arizona
  98. Patrick Abbot, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
  99. Larry Singer, Professor, University of Southern California
  100. Fred Gould, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina
  101. Dr. Dorothy Comeau, Topanga, California
  102. Jed Fuhrman, McCulloch-Crosby Professor, University of Southern California
  103. John Pickering, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
  104. Dr. MaryLou Higgins, WWF, Colombia
  105. Barrett Klein, Lecturer, University of Konstanz, Germany
  106. Joanna Monti-Masel, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  107. Craig LaMunyon, Associate Professor, Cal Poly Pomona
  108. Jerry Powell, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  109. Dr. Yar Petryszyn, University of Arizona
  110. Professor, Doctor Thomas Hartmann, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  111. Cherry McCormack, Bird biologist, Newcastle, Australia
  112. Dr. Donald Champagne, Professor, University of Georgia
  113. Kipling Will, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  114. Conrad Istock, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona; Visiting Fellow Cornell University
  115. Daniel Rubinoff, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii
  116. Gregory Sword, Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology, Texas A&M University
  117. David Byrne, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona
  118. Elizabeth Braker, Associate Professor, Occidental College, California
  119. David Galbraith, Professor, University of Arizona
  120. William Conner, Professor, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
  121. Donald R Strong, Professor, University of California Davis
  122. Diana Wheeler, Professor, University of Arizona
  123. Peter Wilfred Price, Professor Emeritus, Northern Arizona University
  124. Brian Farrell, Professor, Harvard University
  125. Gary Felton, Professor, Penn State University
  126. Robin Chazdon, Professor, University of Connecticut
  127. Reuven Dukas, Professor, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
  128. Jane Bock, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado
  129. Martha Hunter, Professor, University of Arizona
  130. Robert A. Raguso, Professor, Cornell University
  131. Robert Robichaux, Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
  132. Carl Bock, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
  133. Professor Dr. Louis Schoonhoven, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  134. David Wood, Professor, University of California Berkeley
  135. Aurelie Sheehan, Professor, University of Arizona
  136. Jennifer Fewell, Professor, Arizona State University
  137. Lee A. Dyer, Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
  138. Rodolfo Dirzo, Bing Professor, Stanford University
  139. Dr. Katrina Mangin, Director Science Education Outreach, University of Arizona
  140. John Stoffolano, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  141. Ray B. Nagle, MD, Professor, University of Arizona
  142. Dr. Stephen Buchmann, Affiliated Scientist, University of Arizona
  143. Goggy Davidovitz, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  144. Lisa Nagy, Professor, University of Arizona
  145. Joanna Monti-Masel, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  146. Renee Duckworth, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  147. Matthew Sullivan, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  148. Oliver Monti-Masel, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
  149. Virginia Rich, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  150. James Tumlinson, Professor, Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology, Penn State University
  151. James Frazier, Professor, Penn State University
  152. Pedro Barbosa, Professor, University of Maryland, USA
  153. David Raichlen, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  154. Dr. Tobias Uller, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University, UK
  155. Dr. Tristram Wyatt, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University, UK
  156. Professor Dr. Erich Buchner, Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Wurtzburg, Germany
  157. Professor Stig Larsson, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala, Sweden
  158. Dr. Ray Barbehenn, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan, USA
  159. Dr. Helmet Van Emden, Professor Emeritus, University of Reading, UK
  160. Daniel Potter. B. C. Pass Professor, University of Kentucky, USA
  161. Phyllis Coley, Professor, University of Utah, USA
  162. Dana Garrigan, Associate Professor, Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA
  163. Dr. Peter Haskell, former Director, Centre for Overseas Pest Research UK, and Professor Emeritus, Cardiff University, UK
  164. Naomi Shahib Nye, Chancellor, Academy of American Poets, USA
  165. Steve Russell, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, USA
  166. Frank Messina, Professor, Utah State University, USA
  167. Tom Kursar, Professor, University of Utah, USA
  168. James B. Whitfield, Professor, University of Illinois, USA
  169. Sydney A Cameron, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, USA
  170. Carol D von Dolen, Associate Professor, Utah State University, USA
  171. Mark Scriber, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, USA
  172. Hugh Dingle, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, USA
  173. Jim Miller, Professor, Michigan State University, USA
  174. Marion Harris, Professor, North Dakota State University, USA
  175. Yoonseong Park, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, USA
  176. Kerry Oliver, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, USA
  177. Jonathan Gershenzon, Professor, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
  178. Karl Kramer, Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University, Research Scientist USDA-ARS, USA
  179. Virginia R. Kramer, Kansas State University, USA
  180. Hanna Mustaparta, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  181. Michael C. Singer, Professor, University of Texas, Austin, USA
  182. Christer Wiklund, Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
  183. Dr. Camille Parmesan, National Aquarium Chair in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health, Plymouth University, UK
  184. Michael Kanost, Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, USA
  185. Dr. Ian Baldwin, Professor, Max Planck for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
  186. Stuart Reynolds, Professor Emeritus, University of Bath, and President, Royal Entomological Society, UK
  187. John Pickett, Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellow, Rothamsted Research Station, and Fellow of the Royal Society, UK
  188. Soren Nylin, Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
  189. Dr. Richard Harrington, head scientist, Rothamsted Research Station, and Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, UK
  190. Niklas Janz, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
  191. Aletta Bonn, Professor, Free University of Berlin, Germany
  192. Steph Menken, Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  193. Joop van Loon, Associate Professor, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  194. Michael Siva-Jothy, Professor, University of Sheffield, UK
  195. Larry Gilbert, Professor, University of Texas, Austin, USA
  196. Dr. Adam Dobson, Cornell University, USA
  197. Dr. William G. Eberhard, Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
  198. Professor Dr. Jana Petermann, Free University, Berlin, Germany
  199. Jens Rolff, Professor, Free University, Berlin, Germany
  200. Xavier Belles Ros, Director, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona, Spain
  201. Marlene Zuk, Professor, University of Minnesota, USA
  202. Gonzalo Giribet, Professor, Harvard University, USA
  203. Susan Masta, Associate Professor, Portland State University, USA
  204. Colin Osborne, Professor, University of Sheffield, UK
  205. Gerd Gade, Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  206. Dr. May Jane West-Eberhard, Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
  207. Greta Binford, Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA
  208. Nicholas Barry Davies, Professor and Fellow of the Royal Society, University of Cambridge, UK
  209. Tamas Szekely, Professor, University of Bath, Bath, UK
  210. Stephen Perlman, Professor, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  211. Erin Espelie, Executive Editor, Natural History Magazine, USA
  212. Michael Smith, Professor, Kansas State University, USA
  213. Robert Colwell, Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut, USA
  214. Professor Dr. Marcel Dicke, Wageningen University, winner of NWO Spinoza Prize, The Netherlands
  215. Karl Espelie, Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
  216. Curtis Lively, Distinguished Professor, Indiana University, USA
  217. Richard Shelton, Regents' Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, USA
  218. John Law, Regents' Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, and member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
  219. Dr. Tibor Jermy, Director Emeritus, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
  220. Stephen A. Wainright, Professor Emeritus, Duke University, USA
  221. Dr. Alex Mira, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health, Valencia, Spain
  222. Dr. Carolina Reisenman, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, USA
  223. Lisa Nagy, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  224. Andrew Balmford, Professor of Conservation Science, University of Cambridge, UK
  225. Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Duke University, USA
  226. Dr. Geoff Monteith, Queensland Museum, Australia
  227. H.C.J. Godfray, Professor, Oxford University and Fellow of the Royal Society, UK
  228. Joy Winzerling, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  229. Dr. Gopalan C. Unnithan, Extension Entomologist, University of Arizona, USA
  230. Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  231. Philip Hedrick, Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
  232. Dr. Nicholas J. Gibson, Neurobiologist, University of Arizona, USA
  233. Gregory Martin, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
  234. Michael Breed, Professor, University of Colorado, USA
  235. Alan Nighorn, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  236. Patricia Stock, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  237. Scott Collins, Professor, and Director of the Sevilleta LTER, University of New Mexico, USA
  238. Brian Larkins, Porterfield and Regents Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  239. Dennis Ray, University Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  240. Professor Dr. Louise E. M. Vet, Director, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  241. Emilie Snell-Rood, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, USA
  242. Alison Brody, Professor, University of Vermont, USA
  243. Jeremy Thomas, OBE, Professor, and Fellow of New College, University of Oxford
  244. Dr. Justin Schmidt, Southwestern Biological Institute and Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  245. Astrid Kodric-Brown, Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
  246. James H. Brown, Distinguished Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
  247. Gordon Grigg, Professor Emeritus, University of Queensland, Australia
  248. Paul Opler, Professor, Colorado State University, USA
  249. Myron Zalucki, Professor, University of Queensland, Australia
  250. Philip Service, Professor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
  251. Dr. Donald Reynolds, Scientist, Natural Resources Institute, Greenwhich University, UK
  252. Xianchun Li, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  253. Robert Cheke, Scientist, Natural Resources Institute, Greenwhich University, UK
  254. M. J. Crawley, Professor, Imperial College, University of London, and Fellow of the Royal Society, UK
  255. John Reese, Professor, Kansas State University, USA
  256. Simon R. Leather, Professor, Imperial College, University of London, UK
  257. Jens Kvist Nielsen, Professor, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen Denmark
  258. Mark Beilstein, Assistant Professor, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
  259. Dr. Frank Ramberg, Entomologist, University of Arizona, USA
  260. Stephen Malcolm, Professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
  261. Patrice Morrow, Professor Emerita, University of Minnesota, USA
  262. Eileen A. Hebets, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, USA
  263. Soren Bak, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  264. Klaas Vrieling, Professor, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  265. Jacques Pasteels, Professor, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
  266. Professor Dr. Teja Tscharntke, Georg.August University, Gottingen, Germany
  267. John Jaenike, Professor, University of Rochester, New York
  268. David Karowe, Professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
  269. David Pfennig, Zachary Taylor Smith Professor, University of North Carolina, USA
  270. Hans VanEtten, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  271. Dr. Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  272. Dr. Bobbi Peckarsky, Emeritus Professor, Cornell University and Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin, USA
  273. John Vandermeer, Asa Gray Distinguished Professor, University of Michigan, USA
  274. C. Ronald Carroll, Associate Dean/Co-Director UGA River Basis Center, University of Georgia, USA
  275. Carol Hoffman, Professor, University of Georgia, USA
  276. Takayuki Ohgushi, Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan
  277. Dr. Gerard Febvay, Scientist INRA, Lyon, France
  278. Mark Hunter , Henry A. Gleason Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan, USA
  279. James L. Patton, Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA
  280. Gimme Walter, Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  281. Svata Louda, Charles Bessey Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  282. Paul K. Dayton, Professor, Scripps Institute, University of California San Diego, USA
  283. E. Annette Halpern Hinds, Professor Emeritus, Cal State University, Bakersfield, California, USA
  284. Dr. Mark R. Stromberg, Professor Emeritus and Director of Hastings Natural History Reservation, University of California Berkeley, USA
  285. Paul Feeny, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA
  286. Dr. Michael Hochberg, Director, CNRS, Montpelier University, France
  287. Mark Beilstein, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  288. David Wagner, Professor, University of Connecticut, USA
  289. Dr. Martine Rahier, Professor and Rector, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
  290. David Hinds, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Bakersfield, California, USA
  291. Jenna Moore, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
  292. Dr. Charles J. Cole, Curator-in-Charge, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA [as a private citizen]
  293. Dr. Carol R. Townsend, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA [as a private citizen]
  294. Linda Restifo, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
  295. Bernard Roitberg, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  296. Richard L. Lindroth, Professor and Associate Dean, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
  297. Michael R. Strand, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia, USA
  298. Jim Hardie, Professor, Royal Entomological Society Director of Science and Imperial College, University of London, UK
  299. Frank Hanson, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, USA
  300. Richard L. Hutto, Professor and Director of the Avian Science Center, University of Montana, USA
  301. Dr. Bradley Boyle, Research Scientist, University of Arizona Herbarium, University of Arizona, USA
  302. David Wake, Professor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley, USA
  303. Michael Crimmins, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Climate Science, University of Arizona, USA
  304. Dr. Christopher Daniel O'Connor, Research Specialist, University of Arizona, USA
  305. Dr. James Ridsill-Smith, Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, and Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia
  306. William Z. Lidicker, Professor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley, USA
  307. Bradford A. Hawkins, Professor, University of California Irvine, USA
  308. Hilary Nicholas, Researcher, University of Arizona, USA
  309. Andres Moya, Professor, Centre for Public Health Research, University of Valencia, Spain
  310. Hsiang Ling Chen, Wildlife Biologist, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona, USA
  311. Suzanne Koptur, Professor, Florida International University, Miami, USA
  312. David Inouye, Professor, University of Maryland and Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado, USA
  313. Mark Tanouye, Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA
  314. Anne Simonis, Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
  315. Jimmye Hillman, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, USA
  316. Dr. Kent Daane, Extension Specialist, University of California Berkeley, USA
  317. Miguel Altieri, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  318. Marjorie A. Hoy, Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  319. John Lowell Capinera, Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  320. Dr. James Hoy, University of Florida and University of Michigan Biological Station, USA
  321. Robert J. Grebenok, Professor, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, USA
  322. Daniel A. Hahn, Associate Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  323. Astrid Kodric-Brown, Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
  324. Fernando Noriega, Associate Professor, Florida International University, Miami, USA
  325. Kate Boersma, Researcher, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
  326. Mark Rausher, Professor, Duke University, Durham NC, USA
  327. Dr. Jeff Waage, Professor, and Director, London International Development Centre, London, UK
  328. Brenda Hillman, Professor, St. Mary's College of California, USA
  329. Nancy Stamp, Professor, Vice Provost and Dean, Binghamton University, SUNY, USA
  330. James H. Brown, Distinguished Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
  331. Fred Nijhout, Professor, Duke University, USA
  332. David Dussourd, Professor, University of Central Arkansas, USA
  333. John Reese, Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

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