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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Xerces Society is pleased to announce the release of </span><i>Milkweeds: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide</i>, a first-of-its kind manual on large-scale milkweed seed production, nursery propagation, and field restoration of the plants. The information in this comprehensive publication was gained firsthand through our <a href="http://www.xerces.org/milkweed">Project Milkweed</a>, gathered from interviews with native plant nurseries and seed producers, and synthesized from scientific literature.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This guide provides conservation professionals with information about optimizing milkweed seed production methods, offers guidance on incorporating milkweeds into restoration and revegetation efforts, and highlights milkweeds’ unique characteristics and value to wildlife. </span>Native seed producers, restoration practitioners, land managers, monarch conservationists, gardeners, and landowners will all find this guide valuable. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">You can download the guide as a PDF here: <a href="http://www.xerces.org/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/">http://www.xerces.org/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/</a>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Featured topics include:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Milkweeds’ value to monarch butterflies, pollinators, and other beneficial insects; </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Pollination ecology; </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Tips for collecting foundation germplasm;</p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Assessment of milkweed seed availability on a regional basis;</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Opportunities to include milkweeds in monarch and pollinator habitat restoration efforts; and</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Regional recommendations of priority species for use in restoration. </p>
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