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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Note the opportunity indicated below. Pollinator Partnership is a signatory. Deadline next Monday, June 18, first day of National Pollinator Week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Director of Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style='color:blue'>Pollinator Partnership</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> (703) 509-4746<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:tva@pollinator.org"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:tva@pollinator.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <img border=0 width=219 height=259 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD4A1E.FF6CFF20" alt=pwlogo2012EnglishS><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Greg Fogel [mailto:gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> Farm Bill Conservation Programs Full Committee<br><b>Subject:</b> [ag] Reminder: Please sign on to Sodsaver support letter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Reminder to please sign on to the attached Sodsaver letter, if you have not done so already. The cosponsors of the bill asked that we open the letter up to non-national groups, so please also reach out to your affiliates and partners around the country. Given that the House Ag Committee is very likely to delay markup to the last week of June, we are extending the sign on deadline to Monday, June 18 COB. Thank you!<br><br>The following groups are already signed on:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>American Farmland Trust</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Association of State Floodplain Managers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Cannon River Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Center for Rural Affairs</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Ducks Unlimited</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Environmental and Energy Study Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Iowa Environmental Council</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Izaak Walton League</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Land Stewardship Project</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Michael Fields Agricultural Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Association of Conservation Districts</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Audubon Society</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Bobwhite Technical Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Catholic Rural Life Conference</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Farmers Union</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Wildlife Federation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Organic Farming Research Foundation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Pheasants Forever</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Pollinator Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Soil and Water Conservation Society</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Nature Conservancy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Wildlife Society</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Virginia Association of Biological Farming</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Wild Farm Alliance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>World Wildlife Fund</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Greg Fogel</b> <<a href="mailto:gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net">gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net</a>><br>Date: Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:19 PM<br>Subject: Sodsaver support letter - Please sign on by COB Thursday<br>To: Farm Bill Conservation Programs Full Committee <<a href="mailto:ag@groups.b-team.org">ag@groups.b-team.org</a>><br><br><br>All - Please consider signing on to the attached letter in support of the Sodsaver bill introduced by Reps. Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN) on May 31. The marker bill language is also attached, for those who have not seen it. We will aim to deliver the letter early next week. Reps. Noem and Walz originally asked organizations to endorse a Dear Colleague letter but have since decided that an organizational support letter would be more helpful. There will be a similar letter coming from hunting industry groups. The organizations that pre-endorsed the Dear Colleague are listed below. I will assume that these organizations remain supportive and interested in signing on to the organizational support letter. Please let me know if this is not the case. Thank you! -Greg<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ducks Unlimited</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pheasants Forever</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Association of Conservation Districts</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Farmers Union</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Nature Conservancy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cannon River Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pollinator Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Izaak Walton League</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>American Farmland Trust</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Soil and Water Conservation Society</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Environmental and Energy Study Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies</span><br><br>-- <br>Greg Fogel, Policy Associate<br>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<br>110 Maryland Ave. NE, Suite 209<br>Washington DC 20002<br>PH: <a href="tel:202-547-5754" target="_blank">202-547-5754</a><br>Cell: <a href="tel:805-570-3038" target="_blank">805-570-3038</a><br>FAX: <a href="tel:202-547-1837" target="_blank">202-547-1837</a><br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net" target="_blank">gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net</a> <br>website: <a href="http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/" target="_blank">www.sustainableagriculture.net</a><br><br>Connect with NSAC!<br><br>Email: <a href="http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/" target="_blank">http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/</a><br>Facebook: <a href="http://on.fb.me/sustainableag" target="_blank">http://on.fb.me/sustainableag</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/sustainableag" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/sustainableag</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Greg Fogel, Policy Associate<br>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<br>110 Maryland Ave. NE, Suite 209<br>Washington DC 20002<br>PH: 202-547-5754<br>Cell: 805-570-3038<br>FAX: 202-547-1837<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net" target="_blank">gfogel@sustainableagriculture.net</a> <br>website: <a href="http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/" target="_blank">www.sustainableagriculture.net</a><br><br>Connect with NSAC!<br><br>Email: <a href="http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/" target="_blank">http://www.sustainableagriculture.net/take-action/</a><br>Facebook: <a href="http://on.fb.me/sustainableag" target="_blank">http://on.fb.me/sustainableag</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/sustainableag" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/sustainableag</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>