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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, the USDA Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SARE) program, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are pleased to announce an upcoming <a style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(230,120,3);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vdPoMtl4dLhI9q1UFbBsA6e_gGz9J2mgVL5gf4FVvKJ4djEuE5Etu6Hgh5wrRjCjuJWGd2bwKIejo8XHUKxryt1-E5FpoTMHuKDjFngqvQJvylddO1bd_caEnPDMTtvLg56Kocsy-shr1osVftSCQRaqTsyme0O8IBXM9aGI1HjlYH4ChFLeMncj8VtfGGRqf5p-QP2bPJGfpsds2Tz3c7Y2hlgDu7tgvR6B7iLm_vfa73fEsBahLPENoKY-mB7SrL58r0mURMoxRJtoioIRxA==&c=biAqUJGODdcfRgPz74yX-QY4JLVIhLHze-g7IklLZZcNtjiCwX4K4w==&ch=zC_suz2dYKRj7jpLe7GnPF5oyaS1beeaFiRlj9-X3_W_TML5emGJyg==" target="_blank">Pollinator Conservation Short Course in Virginia</a>. <br><br></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">This full-day training will provide you with the latest science-based approaches to increasing pollinator populations for improved pollination and crop production. Leave with the tools necessary to assess, create, protect, and manage habitat for these vital insects. </div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">Thanks to the Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District, Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, the Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust, and Virginia Natural Resources Conservation Service, 60 partial scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis. </div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">Registration is $25 for the first 60 registrants, and thereafter is $45 per person. Course registration includes lunch and a copy of <em><a style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(230,120,3);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vdPoMtl4dLhI9q1UFbBsA6e_gGz9J2mgVL5gf4FVvKJ4djEuE5Etu8iruTqA6c--IV_tMgcDJhKHVvsEyBfGx6jxjFFWlS6nBEvo-ecjwUppYxQrOFieRoyvuxZtT6ZI_-Ei0W06OhL1g1RyeTxRJsl1FRKsUr4bIawQr_4iOGJznHnw6GeFxU-5iBp1QQy4FS_Ujanv8dHAzmL4d1b1cQXEHNDNrlAbxvkLCyHq7MVHUVeiFpwfK1e4RJXcWBIQ&c=biAqUJGODdcfRgPz74yX-QY4JLVIhLHze-g7IklLZZcNtjiCwX4K4w==&ch=zC_suz2dYKRj7jpLe7GnPF5oyaS1beeaFiRlj9-X3_W_TML5emGJyg==" target="_blank">Attracting Native Pollinators</a></em>. </div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">Sara Morris<br></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">The Xerces Society<br></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">This Pollinator Conservation Short Course is made possible with the support of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Additional support for this training is provided by the following: The Ceres Trust, CS Fund, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Endangered Species Chocolate, Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation, Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust, Turner Foundation, Inc., <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vdPoMtl4dLhI9q1UFbBsA6e_gGz9J2mgVL5gf4FVvKJ4djEuE5Etu1JThb5dAQTP2iXNiit3hOtbjk4MjcyTBUTKhoQ2WuH-rRwNJvLyyNE6HzolkCv6S9sM02_w54to74gWTX-j4pVdiQ2t_boyPzaXwLPFKjtQ6u_nbQXpA4jB9iiBInzdsQ==&c=biAqUJGODdcfRgPz74yX-QY4JLVIhLHze-g7IklLZZcNtjiCwX4K4w==&ch=zC_suz2dYKRj7jpLe7GnPF5oyaS1beeaFiRlj9-X3_W_TML5emGJyg==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Whole Foods Market and its vendors</a>, and <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001vdPoMtl4dLhI9q1UFbBsA6e_gGz9J2mgVL5gf4FVvKJ4djEuE5Etu_10ytYt3jZ1cwxrL30HN7saO8AbUvPuKdTjAGAuZ9kXQGAFzuavE5wiDwRoFBR7s8uZMnA6FIweutf6Km3foisRfjZDPJpdTDxvU-Uh7k3Onq7rtBG4OzhnNu8M-2QStQ==&c=biAqUJGODdcfRgPz74yX-QY4JLVIhLHze-g7IklLZZcNtjiCwX4K4w==&ch=zC_suz2dYKRj7jpLe7GnPF5oyaS1beeaFiRlj9-X3_W_TML5emGJyg==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Xerces Society members</a>.</div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:left" align="left">Special thanks to Virginia NRCS for their leadership in coordinating with the Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District, the Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust, and Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit in providing tremendous support for this program. Special thanks to the Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District for providing lunch and to the Eastern Shore Community College for providing meeting space. Additional thanks to Virginia Cooperative Extension for Accomack and Northampton Counties, the Eastern Shore RC&D, and Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for their broad support of this course and for pollinators. Thanks also to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for supporting conservation work and providing an exhibit for the program.<br></div>
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