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Seminar: Collaboratively Assessing the Status and Vulnerability of Bees in the Southeast and US Caribbean for Effective Management Action

November 13, 2025

Thursday, Dec. 18 at 1:00pm ET on Zoom

NOTE: This seminar was originally scheduled for October but was cancelled due to the government shutdown.

Abstract:

The southeastern United States are home to a large diversity of endemic, native flowering plants and their insect pollinators, including many native, pollen-specialist bees. Despite ongoing threats from extreme events to the region, many of these specialist bees and their host plants have not been evaluated for their conservation status or vulnerability to climate change. Wildlife and resource managers rely on species assessments to inform their conservation planning and priorities, and climate change vulnerability assessments are valuable tools for integrating climate science into these efforts. However, these assessments require significant capacity and technical expertise. Therefore, we are collaboratively conducting assessments for at-risk bee species identified by partners via expert opinion and two NatureServe tools: climate change vulnerability index and conservation status ranks.

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Speaker:

Hailey Shanovich, PhD

Shanovich is a Biologist and Climate Adaptation Service Scientist with the US Geological Survey Southeast CASC. She delivers information and services relevant to decision-making and planning to partners and trust-holders, including: science synthesis and applying research methods to assess the effects of a changing world on fish, wildlife, and ecosystems. Hailey received both her Master’s in Entomology and PhD in Natural Resources from the University of Minnesota and was a postdoctoral scholar with the USGS. She is dedicated to ensuring climate and adaptation information is relevant to stakeholder needs, accessible, and actionable for effective management.