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Groveman, Public Affairs Specialist, California USDA-NRCS<br>(503) 792-5692 or <a href="mailto:Jonathan.Groveman@ca.usda.gov" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>Jonathan.Groveman@ca.usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'> Folleto en Español</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'>(English translation below)</span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left><tr><td valign=top style='padding:2.25pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=125 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://www.xerces.org/imagesforcc/FarmforPoll.png" alt="Example Image"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>PORTLAND, Ore. y SACRAMENTO, Calif. Trabajando con el personal del Servicio para la Conservación de Recursos Naturales del Departamento de Agricultura en California (USDA-NRCS en inglés), la Sociedad Xerces para la Conservación de los Invertebrados ha publicado una traducción al español del folleto <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Farming for Pollinators</span></em>. Más de 50 mil ejemplares de la versión en inglés de este folleto ya se han distribuido a productores y profesionales agrícolas por todo los Estados Unidos desde que se produjo en el 2005, y todavía está muy solicitado. La nueva versión en español hace más accesible a los productores y profesionales agrícolas hispanohablantes la última información acerca de la conservación de los polinizadores.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>El folleto traducido, <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></em>, les ofrece a los hispanohablantes un resumen de cómo y dónde los productores pueden proporcionar comida y refugio a los polinizadores. Los setos vivos, campos sin labrar, bordes de carreteras, cultivos de cobertura, áreas naturales y jardines desempeñan un papel importante en suministrar el polen y el néctar, sin mencionar el refugio donde los polinizadores puedan anidar e invernar. El personal del Programa de Conservación de los Polinizadores de la Sociedad Xerces ha trabajado en estrecha colaboración con la oficina del estado de California del NRCS durante más de cinco años para ayudar a los terratenientes por todo California a conservar este hábitat valioso. En los últimos cinco años, se han creado más de 32 millas de setos vivos para apoyar a los polinizadores y otros insectos beneficiosos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>El trabajo de las abejas y otros insectos polinizadores muchas veces pasa inadvertido, pero estos animales tienen un impacto profundo en nuestra vida diaria. Más de un tercio de nuestra fuente de comida depende de las plantas que ellas polinizan. Sin embargo, hoy en día la población de abejas está declinando en todo los EE.UU. debido a la pérdida de su hábitat y al uso de los pesticidas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Las investigaciones en curso demuestran que las abejas nativas silvestres pueden proporcionar una contribución importante a la polinización de muchos cultivos polinizados por insectos, y que la disponibilidad del hábitat apropiado y la reducción de pesticidas son críticas para que las abejas sean abundantes en una finca. Las flores apropiadas y el manejo prudente de los pesticidas también son críticos para reforzar a las colonias de abejas domésticas alrededor de las fincas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Según el censo estadounidense, entre el 1997 y el 2007 el número de fincas operadas por productores hispanos creció el 66%, de 33,450 a 55,570. Estos productores manejan más de 20 millones de acres. Publicaciones como <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></em> ayudarán al USDA a proporcionar más asistencia a los productores hispanos, historicamente desatendidos, que tengan interés en la conservación en su terreno. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Si usted quiere pedir ejemplares de este folleto (en español o inglés), por favor pongase en contacto con la Sociedad Xerces en <a href="mailto:info@xerces.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>info@xerces.org</span></a> o 855-232-6639. Para obtener un PDF de este nuevo folleto, visite <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFuXb7VdsTKo7mPyYwKTWlwTFjNFNS5CEF2c4t2KJRZrWgj2qZ_cue2NLlsgv-j_eexlFH-cjMOrlK-lPoZcmNNSDaI6EbSuVMDDi6F-UsZNYHctkFZ-7zGQ" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>Xerces</span></a> o <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFtXFCAjE98hFgmBQ51eEx-yQxu7m48gmFMCiiwcsSA0afTDg1FshED4al0a4founX6dQbz4WmlMeJekdA9CwK2pZBTD_raF6BW1qoa0Pl5kaysmi25n0T-MfXqtsSl2W51-91HtShAnJxENSOk0NubfLE5TG-_Cc7766-4qPL8mrir-GVXHXqzueSN8w0GC-lItQmyRy8FRAVhzaY_gzGK0" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>NRCS</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'>Farming for Pollinators</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'> brochure now in Spanish<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right><tr><td valign=top style='padding:2.25pt 0in 15.0pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=125 id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://www.xerces.org/imagesforcc/FarmforPoll.png" alt="Example Image"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>PORTLAND, Ore. and SACRAMENTO, Calif. Working with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff in California, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has released <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></em>, a Spanish language version of <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Farming for Pollinators</span></em>. Over 50,000 copies of the English language version of this brochure have already been distributed to farmers and agriculture professionals across the U.S. since it was published in 2005, and demand is still high for additional copies. The new Spanish-language version now makes the latest pollinator conservation information more accessible to Hispanic farmers and farm professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></em><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> offers Spanish speakers a summary of how and where farmers can provide food and shelter for pollinators. Hedgerows, fallow fields, road edges, cover crops, natural areas, and farm gardens all play an important role in supplying pollen and nectar, not to mention safe places for pollinators to nest and hibernate through the winter. The Xerces Society's Pollinator Conservation Program staff has worked closely with the California NRCS state office for more than five years to help private landowners across California conserve this valuable habitat. In this time, California NRCS helped to create approximately 32 miles of hedgerows that benefit pollinators.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The work of bees and other pollinating insects often goes unnoticed, yet these animals have a profound impact on our daily lives. More than a third of our food supply relies on the plants they pollinate. However, today bees are declining all across the U.S. because of habitat loss and pesticide use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Ongoing research demonstrates that wild native bees can provide a significant contribution to the pollination of many insect-pollinated crops, and that the availability of suitable habitat and pesticide reduction are crucial for them to be abundant on a farm. Appropriate flowers and careful pesticide management are also critical for strengthening colonies of honey bees housed around farms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, between 1997 and 2007 the number of farms operated by Hispanic farmers grew from 33,450 to 55,570, a 66% increase. These farmers manage more than 20 million acres. Publications such as <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cultivando para los Polinizadores</span></em> will help the USDA provide increased assistance to historically underserved Hispanic growers interested in conservation on their land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>If you would like to get copies of this brochure (in Spanish or English), please contact the Xerces Society at <a href="mailto:info@xerces.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>info@xerces.org</span></a> or 855-232-6639. To download a PDF file of this new brochure, visit <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFuXb7VdsTKo7mPyYwKTWlwTFjNFNS5CEF2c4t2KJRZrWgj2qZ_cue2NLlsgv-j_eexlFH-cjMOrlK-lPoZcmNNSDaI6EbSuVMDDi6F-UsZNYHctkFZ-7zGQ" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>Xerces</span></a> or <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFtXFCAjE98hFgmBQ51eEx-yQxu7m48gmFMCiiwcsSA0afTDg1FshED4al0a4founX6dQbz4WmlMeJekdA9CwK2pZBTD_raF6BW1qoa0Pl5kaysmi25n0T-MfXqtsSl2W51-91HtShAnJxENSOk0NubfLE5TG-_Cc7766-4qPL8mrir-GVXHXqzueSN8w0GC-lItQmyRy8FRAVhzaY_gzGK0" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>NRCS</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Translation assistance for this press release provided by Annie Young-Mathews, USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Corvallis, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'>ABOUT THE XERCES SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. To learn more about our work or to donate to the Society, please visit <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFtLySYNvDHsKmSGvS_5npOPzJUB2a6DyOy52kcoYWTLpjeW-lY2HAXbeOQtc4_qFnr-7aJjI8cBK1jvk5GfOT8CSp5TygPDoJU=" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>www.xerces.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E67803'>PHOTO CREDIT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The California NRCS, The Xerces Society, and the University of California at Davis collaborated to create this pollinator habitat planting at the USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center. Photograph by Jessa Guisse/the Xerces Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;background:#CCCC99;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK7"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Xerces Society * 628 NE Broadway, Ste. 200 Portland, Oregon 97232 USA * tel 503.232.6639<br><a href="mailto:info@xerces.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>info@xerces.org</span></a> * <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tnjebhdab&et=1108130291164&s=4347&e=001K_OpUGQkdFtLySYNvDHsKmSGvS_5npOPzJUB2a6DyOy52kcoYWTLpjeW-lY2HAXbeOQtc4_qFnr-7aJjI8cBK1jvk5GfOT8CSp5TygPDoJU=" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.xerces.org</span></a><br><br>Copyright © 2011 The Xerces Society. 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