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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">J</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">une 22-28, 2020 is National Pollinator Week. </span><br>
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75% of all flowering plant species need animal pollinators for reproduction. <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">
Pollinators are<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">integral</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> to
healthy ecosystems. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrate
them this #pollinatorweek! </span></span></span></div>
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Conservation Alliance</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (PCA) is proud to </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">collaborate
with</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/" title="https://www.pollinator.org/" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">Pollinator
Partnership</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and
the </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/nappc" title="https://www.pollinator.org/nappc" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">North
American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC)</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">partners
to encourage the health of pollinators in North America. </span></span></span></div>
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creates resilient ecosystems for pollinators when we put the right seed, in the right place, at the right time!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Working collaboratively to solve the problems of native plant conservation and native habitat restoration, PCA </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca" title="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">member
agencies</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" title="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">nonfederal
cooperators</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> benefits pollinators too! </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">The
2015 </span><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" title="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">National
Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">to address widespread shortages of native
seed and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">ensure </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">the sustainability of ecosystems
in the United States. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PCA
partners have recently been active in helping to identify pollinator-friendly native plant species as high priority for seed production</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Pollinator Partnership has developed </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">numerous</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/programs" title="https://www.pollinator.org/programs" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">programs</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">with
NAPPC partners </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">to encourage</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">pollinator
conservation</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Here's what you can do:</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">*Learn more about pollinator week and participate in events all week: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week" id="LPlnk626468"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">*Get your whole family involved: </span><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/parents-and-kids" id="LPlnk588279" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.pollinator.org/parents-and-kids</span></a><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-size: 12pt;">*Share
your</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33)"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">p</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ollinator
week </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-size: 12pt;">native plant success stories</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33)"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-size: 12pt;">on
social using these hashtags: #nativeplants </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#nativeseed</span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> #pollinators
#pollinatorconservation #nappc </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">#pollinatorweek</span><br>
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<div style=""><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font color="#1c1e21" face="Century Gothic, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">*Find more ways to
</span>celebrate<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in the Pollinator Week Toolkit: </span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Pollinator-Week-2020-Toolkit_V2.pdf" id="LPNoLP249265" style="">https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Pollinator-Week-2020-Toolkit_V2.pdf</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400;">P</span><span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ollinator
Partnership (P2): </span><span style="color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/" id="LPlnk528508"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.pollinator.org/</span></a><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NA</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PPC): </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/nappc" id="LPlnk689898" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.pollinator.org/nappc</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Plant Conservation Alliance: </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca" id="LPNoLP341517"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration: </span><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" id="LPNoLP171719" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(28, 30, 33);">https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy</span></a><br>
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