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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>If anyone is interested in hearing about native bees as crop
pollinators, here is online resource that you may like to view. It is only
available until late July.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mace Vaughan of the Xerces Society gave a lecture on <I>Native
Bee Conservation 101 </I>to the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
last week via the internet. The presentation provides an overview of the
importance, life history, and conservation of crop-pollinating native bees. Also
included is information on the great things the NRCS is doing for pollinator
conservation in the U.S. <BR><BR>If you do view the talk or forward
it on to others, you should be aware that this is a recording of the live event.
The first few minutes contain lots of beeps and some random comments as
participants came on-line for the meeting (also some directions about how the
system worked, which are not relevant to anyone viewing this
recording). The presentation is about an hour, with an additional fifteen
minutes of questions at the end. The information for logging on to the net
replay follow below.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR>Matthew</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PS. You will need to use Internet Explorer, as it says below.
I tried it on Mozilla Firefox, and failed. When I resorted to Explorer, it
worked.<BR><BR>________________________________________________________<BR>NET
CONFERENCING PARTICIPANT ACCESS INFORMATION:<BR><BR>To access the replay, you
need to use the <U>Internet Explorer </U>browser. <BR><BR>CONFERENCE NUMBER:
PH6963755<BR>AUDIENCE PASSCODE: 503273<BR><BR>To access the Net replays of this
call, go to:<BR></FONT><A
href="https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PH6963755&p=503273&t=r"><FONT
size=2>https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PH6963755&p=503273&t=r</FONT></A><FONT
size=2> <BR><BR>The replay will be available for 60 days, ending
JUL-09-2007<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate
Conservation</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>The Xerces Society is an international
nonprofit organization that </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>protects the diversity of life through
invertebrate conservation. </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>To
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>join the Society, make a </FONT></FONT><FONT
size=1>contribution</FONT><FONT size=1>, </FONT><FONT size=1>or read about our
work, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>please visit </FONT><FONT size=1><A
href="http://www.xerces.org/">www.xerces.org</A>.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Matthew Shepherd</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Director, Pollinator Conservation Program</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97215,
USA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Tel: 503-232 6639 Cell: 503-807 1577 Fax: 503-233
6794</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Email: </FONT><A href="mailto:mdshepherd@xerces.org"><FONT
size=1>mdshepherd@xerces.org</FONT></A><FONT size=1> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT
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