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Girl Scouts in Daniels County Celebrate <BR>
Pollinator Week<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1"><B>June 24-30, 2007</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1"> was designated National Pollinator Week by U.S. Senate Resolution 580 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <BR>
For the past three months, Girl Scout Troop 202 has been learning how pollination is vital to the survival and the existence of nearly all ecosystems on earth. At least 80% of the world's plants depend on pollination. Pollinators include, bees, flies and other insects; hummingbirds, bats, and butterflies. They are indispensable partners for an estimated 1 out of every 3 mouthfuls of food, spices and condiments we eat, and the beverages we drink. Pollinators are essential to the fibers we use, the medicines that keep us healthy, and more than half of the world's diet of fats and oils.<BR>
Wednesday, June 20th, the Scouts dined at the Ponderosa Café in Scobey and celebrated National Pollinator Week by eating food and beverages created with the help of pollinator animals. The meal included smothered beef burritos, hamburger and fries, chicken strips and chips, pita cheese pizzas, chicken salad and fruit beverages. These healthy foods were created with the help of:<BR>
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</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">Beef – beef cattle are fed </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bee</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"> pollinated alfalfa <BR>
Cumin, Cilantro-</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bees<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles-</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bees and insects<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">Onions, garlic & chili pepper – </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bee and fly</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"> <BR>
Cheese-dairy cows are fed </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bee</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">-pollinated alfalfa<BR>
Potatoes - </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bee <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">Avocado – </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>bee, fly, and bat</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"> <BR>
Sesame seed-</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>wasp<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1">Fruit-bee</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="1"><B>, fly, bat, and other insects<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1">After the meal, Scout Leader Shirley Reller reviewed a proclamation to Governor Schweitzer, stating the girl scouts commitment to pollinators in Montana. The proclamation supported the Governor declaring June 24 through 30th “Pollinator Week” in Montana . <BR>
The scouts weren’t done celebrating yet! They planted flower pots for the front steps and seating area at the Daniels Memorial Hospital. Flowers were planted that bloom throughout the summer and into the fall so the pollinating insects, birds and mammals would have a stopping point on their migration route through Scobey. The plants were donated by Kerstein’s and Nana’s Greenhouse. The potting soil and compost were donated by Grain Growers/Cenex.<BR>
The girls ended their day by checking out the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Project they participated in at the abandoned city lagoon. As partners with NRCS and the Youth for Wildlife Program they planted pollinator-friendly native trees, shrubs, grasses and forbs. The girl scouts decided that the grass had grown at least two feet and the trees and shrubs on the upland site were doing well. Only two trees survived out of the 20 planted at the rivers edge. It looked like there were beavers at large!<BR>
The girls ended their day enjoying their </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1"><B>bat- pollinated banana</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1"> covered with </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1"><B>fly- pollinated chocolate</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans" LANG="0" SIZE="1">. <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0" SIZE="0">The U.S. Postal Service will issue the new </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0" SIZE="0"><I>Pollination</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0" SIZE="0"> stamp series on Friday, June 29<BR>
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Laurie Davies Adams<BR>
Executive Director<BR>
Coeovlution Institute<BR>
425 Washington Street, 5th Floor<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>
415 362 1137 (p)<BR>
415 362 3070 (f)<BR>
LDA@coevolution.org<BR>
www.coevolution.org<BR>
www.nappc.org<BR>
www.pollinator.org<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><I>Bee Ready for Pollinator Week - June 24-30</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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