[Pollinator] NACD Releases Pollinator Conservation Field Day Guide

[Kelly Rourke]

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*CONTACT:* Sara Kangas, NACD Director of Communications
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*CONTACT: *Kelly Rourke, Pollinator Partnership Director of Programs and
Operations
(415) 362-1137; kr at pollinator.org <http://mailto:kr@pollinator.org/>

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

March 3, 2020


*NACD RELEASESPOLLINATOR CONSERVATION FIELD DAY GUIDE*

*WASHINGTON* – Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts
(NACD) announced the release of a free, first-of-its-kind curriculum, “A
Guide to Conducting a Pollinator Conservation Field Day,” available for
download through NACD’s new Conservation Education Hub
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The guide was developed through support from the David Rockefeller Fund
Pollinator Education Initiative Grant and the Pollinator Partnership.

This new curriculum is designed to provide interactive learning experiences
for grades K-8, engaging them in habitat-focused, pollinator-themed
activities for the classroom and outdoors. Each activity has been
correlated to education standards and provides a pathway to valuable
partnerships with local soil and water conservation districts.

“By arming both traditional and non-traditional educators and facilitators
with this field day guide, NACD will help provide additional avenues for
communities to interact and forge relationships with their local
conservation districts,” *NACD President Tim Palmer said.*

The new curriculum guides teachers and educators through the resources and
tools needed to conduct a successful pollinator field day, including
planning and implementation guidelines, materials and evaluation strategies.

“After years of population decline, pollinators need our help,” *Pollinator
Partnership President and CEO Laurie Davies Adams said. *“We are pleased to
help support NACD’s work to create this field guide, facilitating better
awareness and understanding of our hardworking pollinators."

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*About the National Association of Conservation Districts:*

*The National Association of Conservation Districts is the nonprofit
organization that represents the nation's 3,000 conservation districts,
their state and territory associations and the 17,000 men and women who
serve on their governing boards. For more than 70 years, local conservation
districts have worked with cooperating landowners and managers of private
working lands to help them plan and apply effective conservation practices.
For more information about NACD, visit: **www.nacdnet.org*
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*About Pollinator Partnership:*

*Pollinator Partnership
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is
a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization and the largest in the world dedicated
exclusively to the protection and promotion of pollinators and their
ecosystems. The Pollinator Partnership's mission is to promote the health
of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation,
education, and research. Signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North
American Pollinator Protection Campaign), S.H.A.R.E., National Pollinator
Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides.*
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