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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">The Native Grasslands Alliance (NGA) includes organizations whose core missions depend in part
or</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">wholly on the restoration of native grasslands vegetation on agricultural/working landscapes,
and who</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">want to pool their voices to amplify their message to federal/state lawmakers and agencies,
the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">agriculture education sector, and key citizen and non-profit conservation groups across
the country. The NGA will coordinate to expand awareness, acceptance and adoption of native grasslands vegetation into public and private working and recreational lands, where practicable. </span><br>
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and tell them why you’re a #NativeGrasslandsAlly! See links to more information and how to become involved, below.</span></p>
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Alliance Cooperators!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Grasslands Coordinator Jef Hodges, of the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI),
has been leading efforts to raise awareness of the value of native vegetation for water quality, air quality, soil health and conservation, wildlife and well-being. NBCI is a science and habitat-based initiative of the National Bobwhite Technical Committee
to elevate bobwhite quail recovery from an individual state-by-state proposition to a coordinated, range-wide leadership endeavor to restore wild bobwhites on a landscape scale. NBCI efforts have demonstrated that a landscape-scale approach using native vegetation
overwhelmingly improves breeding and non-breeding bobwhite populations. Such science-based efforts reaffirm the value of using native plants for native wildlife.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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biodiversity conservation led by the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for Field Biology. Co-founded in 2017 by Theo Witsell<span style="background:white"> and
</span>Dwayne Estes, the initiative strives to address the multitude of complex issues facing Southeastern grasslands, the most imperiled terrestrial ecosystems in eastern North America. They focus on a 23-state region in the southeast, but the impact reaches
far beyond, as functionally restored native grassland ecosystems are vitally important to water quality, soil health, carbon storage, protection in drought, grazing lands, and wildlife and pollinator habitat.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">Ernst Conservation Seeds is the largest native seed producer and supplier
in the eastern United States and was founded by Calvin Ernst in 1964 with a mission to make available to eastern North America the key native and naturalized species of plants for restoration, reclamation, conservation, wildlife and pollinator habitat enhancement,
renewable biom</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: black; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; font-size: 12pt;">ass energy and the beautification of our nation. They grow, process and sell hundreds of
species of native and naturalized seeds and live plant materials, propagated on more than 9,000 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Since 2011 The National Wildlife Federation,(NWF) has hosted the biennial “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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Grasslands Conference</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">”, featuring the latest research, management, and conservation topics on North
American grasslands, including pollinator habitat issues. NWF has also advocated for increased funding and improved policies for pollinator habitat in the federal Farm Bill and have helped six state departments of transportation along interstate 35 develop
an outreach effort called the Monarch Highway. Since 1973, approximately 3 million acres of habitat has been restored through National Wildlife Federation’s
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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for Wildlife</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> program. Garden for Wildlife’s signature program,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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Wildlife Habitats</span><span style="color:purple"><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;">®</span></sup></span><span style="color: purple; font-size: 12pt;">
</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">has reached approximately 250,000 sites, encompassing backyards, gardens, and community spaces. These
areas support and protect the future of birds, bees, butterflies, and other amazing wildlife. No matter their age or location, anyone can participate with almost immediate results —
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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doubling the numbers of diverse local wildlife</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">National Wildlife Federation’s
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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Plant Finder</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">, provides host plant lists by zipcode to support the highest number of butterflies and
moths and other insects to feed local birds and other wildlife. Contacts: Grasslands:KnuffmanL@NWF.org, Garden for Wildife:Phillipsm@NWF.org</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: black; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt;">The Missouri Prairie Foun</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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<span style="background:white">founded National Prairie Day in 2016!</span></span></p>
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It's a day to enhance public awareness and value of prairies, and motivate and inspire support of prairie conservation, restoration, and enjoyment. This year's National Prairie Day will be held on June 6.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><a href="https://nativegrasslandsalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://nativegrasslandsalliance.org/</span></a></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
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"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1bb864d2101/c98914de-36f7-4155-82c7-461ac7355ba9.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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padding:0in">https://files.constantcontact.com/1bb864d2101/c98914de-36f7-4155-82c7-461ac7355ba9.pdf</span></a></span></p>
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https://nativegrasslandsalliance.org/nga-home/nga-joinus/</a></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in;background:white">http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators</span></a></span></p>
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><a href="https://bringbackbobwhites.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;
background:white">https://bringbackbobwhites.org/</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">Southeastern Grasslands Initiative:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><a href="https://www.segrasslands.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;
background:white">https://www.segrasslands.org/</span></a></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><a href="https://www.ernstseed.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://www.ernstseed.com/</span></a></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://www.nwf.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://www.nwf.org/</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">National Prairie Day:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://nationalprairieday.org/visit-a-prairie/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://nationalprairieday.org/visit-a-prairie/</span></a></span></p>
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Missouri Prairie Foundation:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://www.moprairie.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://www.moprairie.org/</span></a></span></p>
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