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Hello pollinator list members,<br><br>
We have been working closely with Mark Skinner at the NRCS National
Plants Data Center on a publication called <i>Using Farm Bill Programs
for Pollinator Conservation</i>. This publication will eventually
be part of the PLANTS Database pollinator module and we have completed a
draft that is suitable for distribution. You will find it attached
to this email.<br><br>
It provides details on how pollinator habitat restoration can be
supported using the conservation programs in the 2008 Farm Bill.
The guidelines include an overview of these conservation programs, which
are administered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service and the
Farm Service Agency. Also included are tables on how specific
conservation practices (such as hedgerows, field borders, filter strips,
cover cropping, or range planting, to name a few) can be used to
implement pollinator conservation projects. <br><br>
This publication will be useful to staff of the NRCS, FSA, and Soil and
Water Conservation Districts, but also to growers, ranchers, and - in the
case of the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program - other private
landowners. It’s a draft, but it has been edited very carefully so
it will be useful pending a final version. <br><br>
Best wishes,<br>
Mace<br>
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<b>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<br>
</b><font size=1>Mace Vaughan<br>
Conservation Director, Entomologist/Educator <br>
4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97215-3252 USA<br>
office: 503-232-6639 fax: 503-233-6794 mobile:
503-753-6000<br>
email: mace@xerces.org <br><br>
The Xerces Society is an international, nonprofit organization that
protects wildlife <br>
through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the
Society, <br>
make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit
<a href="http://www.xerces.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.xerces.org<br>
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