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<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">This Pollinator Conservation Short Course is made possible with the generous support of Cell Signaling Technology. Additional support for this training is provided by the following: the Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Audrey and J.J. Martindale Foundation, Cascadian Farm, Ceres Trust, CS Fund, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Endangered Species Chocolate, Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation, General Mills, Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust, Turner Foundation, Inc., The White Pine Fund, <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YBKeu_Dpo5cxB2cjLzPsnvl62-HS15smdLjwQeY0DAbXr7MVxSGJpZ9mVwyo6Q9vX_vhxjibi04u-wdD_a_cRAUrGR5aVfkTGc2YWyF12Qhb7E20UmCHQ8cL7prFSm3X4wORQQ4Vz8SgeUdVsDOs2TjJALFOK9A6v8PJU6ZpHMZOmXAbx7jBQw==&c=pBfhDo2VU3d80GDTP7IBFXknbOxfZtWiwOh0DM8Y1WBWlJZFXgQSaQ==&ch=sLIUUVxaAhb4b-WBhgcIeZyl1q7f-xRyiHOg0oJy9MS22FtWF9Zi6Q==" target="_blank">Whole Foods Market and its vendors</a>, and <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YBKeu_Dpo5cxB2cjLzPsnvl62-HS15smdLjwQeY0DAbXr7MVxSGJpUCBaiVjPejZHAj9nwU__4aY4zjnaK_gIz0LGIm93QNx9FWXuWtSzhuo2djcbFJ-BD_ku4jDuI3IlWJAAjXWXbtZuE67WKxPBFjwNCokOTlPBRxdlL0Rwq8KkgyuQufkkA==&c=pBfhDo2VU3d80GDTP7IBFXknbOxfZtWiwOh0DM8Y1WBWlJZFXgQSaQ==&ch=sLIUUVxaAhb4b-WBhgcIeZyl1q7f-xRyiHOg0oJy9MS22FtWF9Zi6Q==" target="_blank">Xerces Society members</a>.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">The content of this course is tailored to the needs of farmers, NRCS, SWCD, Cooperative Extension, and state department of agriculture employees, as well as crop consultants, natural resource specialists, and non-governmental conservation organization staff.<br></div>
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<div><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#000000"><strong>Mace Vaughan</strong></span> - The Xerces Society Pollinator Program Co-Director and Joint Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the NRCS West National Tech Support Center</div>
</span><br><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#333333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" face="Verdana, sans-serif">GUEST SPEAKER</span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:13px"><br></span><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline"><strong><strong>Anne Averill</strong></strong></span><span style="color:#666666;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.6666669845581px;line-height:14.9333333969116px"> - Professor of Entomology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
                        
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