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North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) issued the following press
release yesterday. It can also be found online at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/Resources/CoECropArtPressReleaseFINAL.pdf">http://www.pollinator.org/Resources/CoECropArtPressReleaseFINAL.pdf</A>.
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align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Laurie
Adams (415) 362 1137 <A
href="mailto:lda@coevolution.org">lda@coevolution.org</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kat McGuire (415) 362-1137 <A
href="mailto:km@coevolution.org">km@coevolution.org</A></SPAN><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Will a Butterfly Bloom
in Kansas?</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">San Francisco, CA (April
18, 2007)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> A bold plan to
publicize the importance and plight of pollinators in the U.S. is hoping to
literally take root on a small farm in Kansas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Backed by a continental coalition of
pollinator advocates, a program to raise funds for a unique blend of art and
conservation advocacy is looking for “seed money.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">To
draw attention to the importance of pollinators in ecosystems, agriculture, and
biodiversity, a continent-wide campaign to protect pollinators, the North
American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), plans to partner with
world-renowned Kansas-based crop artist Stan Herd to build a 50-foot butterfly
out of natural materials.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Pollinators are essential to our quality
of life, and they may be in trouble,” said Laurie Davies Adams, who directs the
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Many people don’t realize that we
depend on pollinators for 80% of the flowering plants in natural areas and for
much of the food we eat.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A world
without pollinators is a world without strawberries, apples, almonds, berries,
and even one-half of the oils in our diet.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Convinced
that public awareness and involvement are essential to pollinator protection,
NAPPC Steering Committee member Professor Chip Taylor of the University of
Kansas, and the head of MonarchWatch, has enlisted the help of acclaimed artist
Stan Herd to publicize the issue. Herd specializes in large-scale earthworks,
such as crop art and rock mosaics, and has been featured in publications such as
<I>National Geographic</I>, <I>Smithsonian</I>, and <I>Wall Street
Journal</I>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His previous work can
be viewed at <A href="http://www.stanherdart.com/">www.stanherdart.com</A>, and
a sketch of the crop art is available at </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/pix/crop art sketch.jpg">http://www.pollinator.org/pix/crop%20art%20sketch.jpg</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>(See below
left.)</I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Herd
plans to replicate one of four <I>Pollination</I> stamps to be issued by the
U.S. Postal Service, the Southern dogface butterfly, using only plants and other
natural materials.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The installation
will be executed near Pendleton’s Country Market, a family farm off Kansas
Highway 10 between Olathe and Lawrence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The resulting evanescent image will be viewed aerially for a brief few
weeks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Flyovers originating from an
airport three miles away are planned.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">NAPPC
hopes to raise the funding for this project this month – in time for planting.
“Our goal is that the beauty and timeliness of this art inspire the public to
take action to protect pollinators,” said Taylor.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Small actions make a big difference at
the collective level.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Get in touch
with nature by taking a walk; learn about animal-pollinated plants native to
your area; and then plant a few.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Another way to help is by donating to the pollinator crop art project,
which will help bring much-needed publicity to the importance of
pollinators.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
crop art will coincide with National Pollinator Week, designated by the U.S.
Senate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help publicize the
vulnerability of pollinators and to call on the public to create
pollinator-friendly habitats in their own landscapes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The U.S. Postal Service
block of four <I>Pollination</I> stamps, to be issued during Pollinator Week,
will<SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">feature Morrison’s bumble bee, the calliope
hummingbird, and the lesser long-nosed bat, in addition to the Southern dogface
butterfly that crop artist Herd plans to create in flowers.
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"We are excited that the
message we are trying to convey - the importance of pollinators to our society -
will be amplified with this enormous and unique reproduction of our beautiful
postage stamp," said David Failor, Executive Director of Stamp Services for the
U.S. Postal Service.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">National
Pollinator Week will focus on information on actions that help pollinators.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Through habitat destruction, misuse of
pesticides, and pollution, humans have provoked a decline in many species of
pollinators, such as birds, bats, bees and butterflies that play an essential
role in the reproduction of flowering plants both on farms and in the wild.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">National
Pollinator Week comes at a time when pollinators have been in the news.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Recently, much media attention has been
focused on the mysterious disappearance of tens of thousands of honey bee
colonies, a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scientists are currently studying the
extent, causes and remedies for this unexplained loss, and have put forth
possible explanations ranging from new pesticides to persistent drought caused
by climate change to persistent and cumulative effects of parasites, disease or
fungus.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whatever the reason, CCD
has proven particularly difficult for the farmers who depend on honey bees to
pollinate their crops.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">“Everyone
loses when we lose pollinators,” said Paul Growald, the Chairman of NAPPC.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“When pollinators are in trouble, the
plant species that depend on them are in trouble – the entire ecosystem
suffers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When beekeepers are forced
to charge farmers more for pollination services because of honey bee die-off, we
all shoulder the burden in the form of higher food
prices.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">To
make a tax-deductible donation to the crop art project, visit <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A> (click “Crop Art
Donations”) or Contact Laurie Davies Adams at (415) 362-1137 or <A
href="mailto:info@coevolution.org">info@coevolution.org</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Donations are necessary to assure the
project’s timely completion; artist Herd hopes to complete the pollinator crop
art by National Pollinator Week, June 24-30.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NAPPC encourages all types of groups –
classrooms, congregations, families – and individuals to use this opportunity to
learn about pollinators as they fundraise to support this project.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NAPPC gratefully welcomes donations of
any amount, and will recognize contributors on <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(ELECTRONIC RESOURCES at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A> include: (1) Fact
Sheets on Pollination and for Gardeners, Public Land Managers, Educators and
Students, Food Industry, Farmers and Ranchers; (2) Full-color artwork on
Pollination; (3) Information about events and activities planned for Pollinator
Week, and ways to get involved; <B>(4) Crop Art Sketch</B> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/pix/crop art sketch.jpg">http://www.pollinator.org/pix/crop%20art%20sketch.jpg</A></SPAN><SPAN
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