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class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Missouri Pollinator Short Course </span></span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><br>
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<span class=style14>Friday, August 13, 2010</span><br>
<span class=style14>Columbia, MO 8:30 am -3:00 pm Prairie Tour from 3:00 pm
- 5:00 pm </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The 2008 Farm Bill
makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA
land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an
overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to
translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This day-long Short
Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and
agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to
increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline,
especially in heavily managed agricultural landscapes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Introductory topics
include the basic principles of pollinator biology, the economics of insect
pollination, recognizing native bee species, and assessment of pollinator
habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Advance modules will
cover farm management practices for pollinator protection, the development
of pollinator habitat enhancements, incorporating pollinator conservation
into NRCS programs, selection of plants for pollinator enhancement sites,
management of natural and urban landscapes, and the additional funding
sources and technical support available to land managers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Throughout the
workshop these training modules are illustrated by real case studies of
pollinator conservation efforts across the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The Short Course is
$15 per person and includes lunch, refreshments, native seed, and
educational materials. Participants will receive the Xerces Society’s
Pollinator Conservation Toolkit that includes published farm and habitat
management guidelines, fact sheets and nest construction plans, relevant
Extension and NRCS publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style15><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Location:</span></span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'> MU-Bradford Research and Extension Center, 4968 Rangeline
Road, Columbia, MO 65201-8973.<br>
<br>
<span class=style15>Cost:</span> $15 a person. Includes lunch, refreshments,
native seed and educational materials . <br>
<br>
<span class=style15>For Registrations:</span> Please contact Nadia
Navarrette-Tindall at<a href="mailto:navarrete-tindallr@lincolnu.edu">
navarrete-tindallr@lincolnu.edu</a><a
href="http://www.lincolnu.edu/pages/3084.asp?item=3057">. <span
style='color:#FF6600'><br>
</span>Click Here for More Information </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style4 style='line-height:150%'><span class=style1><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>COURSE TRAINING SKILLS AND OBJECTIVES </span></span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Understand
the importance and biology of native bees and other pollinators in
urban, rural, and natural areas <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Awareness
of various federal programs and funding available for pollinator
conservation <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Identify
approaches to increase and enhance pollinator diversity on the land <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Knowledge
of the current best management practices that minimize land-use
impacts on pollinators <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
to identify bees and distinguish them from other insects <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Understand
the economics of insect-pollinated crops, and the effects of
pollinator
decline
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Knowledge
of the 2008 Farm Bill pollinator conservation provisions and how to
implement those provisions in programs such as WHIP, EQIP, and CSP <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
to assess pollinator habitat and to identify habitat deficiencies <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
to make recommendations to farmers and land managers that conserve
pollinators (including subjects such as tillage, pesticide use,
irrigation, burning, grazing, and cover cropping) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
to design and implement habitat improvements, such as native plant
restoration and nest site enhancements <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>COURSE
AGENDA</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>8:30-
9:00 a.m. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Welcome <br>
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Cooperative Extension, Lincoln University.<br>
Tim Reinbott, MU-Bradford Research and Extension Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>9:00
- 9:50 a.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Importance of Pollinators (Jennifer Hopwood, XERCES Society)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollination
economics and the role of native bees in commercial crop production<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollination
biology<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Colony
Collapse Disorder and honey bee industry trends<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>10:00
– 10:50 a.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Basic bee biology (Mike Arduser, Regional Natural History
Biologist, MDC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Bee
identification<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Identifying
pollinator nest sites<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Artificial
nest sites-<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollinators
Worksheet-MDC<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>10:50
a.m.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> break<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>11:00-
noon</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Habitat restoration for pollinators (Farm tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Habitat
design considerations-Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Plant
selection and seed sources-Elizabeth Hamilton –Missouri Native
Seed Association (MNSA)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Planting
techniques for native wildflowers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Native
bees in Natural Areas/Identifying nest sites (Mike)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Noon-
1 p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Lunch, displays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>1:00-1:50
p.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Bee-friendly farming practices <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The
role of farm habitat/Protecting ground-nesting bees in cultivated
fields (Jennifer.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Integrated Pest
Management and Pesticide Risk Management <br>
(Jaime Pinero-Lincoln University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:00
p.m. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Missouri Prairies and Long-term habitat management (Carol
Davit, Missouri Prairie Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:15
p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Native Plant Program
Projects and partnerships (Nadia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:30
p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2008 Farm Bill
provisions/Pollinators Worksheet (Jennifer) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:45
p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>3:00-5:00
(6.00) p.m.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> Tour. Private
Restored Prairie in Fulton. (Ann Wakeman) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Acknowledgements
</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This Native
Pollinators Workshop is supported by Lincoln University, University of
Missouri Extension, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation,
Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Native Seed Association, and
Missouri Prairie Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=style3 style='line-height:150%'><span class=style5><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>INTENDED AUDIENCE </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
<span class=style6>This workshop is open to everyone including producers,
farmers, extension and research specialists, educators, master naturalists,
master gardeners, conservationists, and anyone interested in learning about
native pollinators. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style3 style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
<span class=style5>LEAD INSTRUCTOR BIO </span><br>
<span class=style6>Jennifer Hopwood is the Xerces Society's Midwest Pollinator
Outreach Coordinator. In this role she works to provide resources and
training for pollinator habitat management, creation, and restoration to
agricultural professionals and land managers. Jennifer holds a
Master’s in Entomology from the University of Kansas, where her
research focused on bee communities in roadside prairie plantings and
prairie remnants. Contact: <a href="mailto:jennifer@xerces.org">jennifer@xerces.org</a>.
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style61 style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
<span class=style5>ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS</span><br>
<span class=style31>Michael Arduser</span><span class=style16>- Missouri
Department of Conservation</span><br>
<br>
<span class=style16>Carol Davit- Missouri Prairie Foundation</span><br>
<br>
<span class=style16>Elizabeth Hamilton- Missouri Native Seed Association</span><br>
<br>
<span class=style16>Nadia Navarrete-Tindall- Cooperative Extension, Lincoln
University</span><br>
<br>
<span class=style16>Jamie Pinero- Lincoln University</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style5><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>ABOUT
THE XERCES SOCIETY</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
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international non-profit organization that protects wildlife through the
conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Launched in 1996, the
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on-the-ground conservation. More information about the Xerces Society is
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<span class=style6>Sunflower bee (Svastra sp.) by Sarah Greenleaf,
California State University, Sacramento</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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