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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