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<DIV>Dear NAPPC Partners and Pollinator Friends:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Attached (and embedded below) is the invitation to the Congressional
Briefing we are planning as part of National Pollinator Week. </DIV>
<UL>
<LI><STRONG>Please feel free to attend and to bring your colleagues and
friends</STRONG></LI>
<LI><STRONG>Forward the invitation to anyone who would benefit from or
appreciate this discussion</STRONG></LI></UL>
<DIV>Please note the wonderful Members of Congress who have agreed to be listed
as Honorary Hosts - from all parts of the US and with both Republican and
Democratic support, we are garnering enthusiasm for pollinator friendly
practices. Congratulations to all for making this international week
of attention to pollinator issues such a success. See you at the
briefing!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Laurie</DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10">
<DIV><BR> <FONT face=Arial
size=6>--------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There Can </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: #ff9933; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bee</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Better<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Highways and
Farms!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: #996633; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A National
Pollinator Week Briefing</SPAN></I></B> </P>
<DIV class=Section2>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CCD, Bee and Pollinator
Update</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dr. Stephen Buchmann</B>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Author of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Forgotten Pollinators</I>, NAS NRC
Pollinator Study Panelist <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Farm Bill Pollinator</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Update</B> – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dave White</B>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Chief, USDA, Natural
Resources Conservation Service<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pollinating the Transportation Bill, a
Win-Win</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tom Van Arsdall</B>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Public Affairs Director,
Pollinator Partnership<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ecoregional Planting Guides for
Pollinators </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">–<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Laurie Davies Adams</B>,<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Executive Director,
Pollinator Partnership<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday, June 26, 2009,
3:30-5 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Briefing and Update
– 3:30 to 4:00 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Informal Questions
and Treats – until 5:00 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2167 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rayburn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">House</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Office</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee Hearing Room</SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Featuring Pollinator
Treats</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Burt’s Bees® Lip
Balm</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RSVP</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to <A
href="mailto:rsvp@pollinator.org">rsvp@pollinator.org</A> or call
415.362.1137<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HONORARY HOSTS <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(Partial List)</I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B> </P></DIV>
<DIV class=Section3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senator Max Baucus
(MT)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Earl
Blumenauer (OR)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -9pt 0pt 0in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative
Leonard Boswell (IA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Henry
E. Brown, Jr. (SC)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Dennis
Cardoza (CA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senator Robert Casey
(PA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senator Saxby
Chambliss (GA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senator Thad Cochran
(MS)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Senator Kent Conrad
(ND)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Bob
Goodlatte (VA)<BR>Senator Tom Harkin (IA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Tim
Holden (PA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senator Tim Johnson
(SD)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative
Timothy V. Johnson (IL)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Mike
McIntrye (NC)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Randy
Neugebauer (TX)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Colin
Peterson (MN)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Earl
Pomeroy (ND)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Representative Jean
Schmidt (OH)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center> </P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For information about
National Pollinator Week visit <SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive Director<BR><B>Pollinator
Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></B></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><A
href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="12"><B><I>National Pollinator Week is June 22-28, 2009. <BR>Beecome
involved at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></I></FONT></B></DIV></DIV></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="c7ceda46dc48bdf076a17dcf8431ce83"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/>Download the <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004">AOL Classifieds Toolbar</a> for local deals at your fingertips.</font></DIV></BODY></HTML>