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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Forwarded on behalf of Ted Leishner – please see below workshops on pollinator gardening in BC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt">Plan Bee Now! Duncan, BC</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Partnered with the Non-profit Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation <a href="http://www.xerces.org">www.xerces.org</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt">2015 –Pollinator Conservation Training Workshops For</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt">Farms & Gardens – New Technology to Save ALL Our Bees</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday March 15<sup>th</sup>, 2015 </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Half Day – How to Save Our Bumblebees Conservation Workshop, Duncan, BC $30.00</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">8:30 am to 12:30 Noon </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">includes </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cowichan Valley Bumblebee Bee Box Trail Project Instructions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 1845 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay, BC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> To register contact <b>Ted Leischner, <i>Pollinator Conservation and Habitat Restoration Specialist</i></b>,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Plan Bee Now!, Duncan, BC Phone: <b>250-510-4490</b> Email: </span><a href="mailto:tgleisch@shaw.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">tgleisch@shaw.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Details at </span><a href="http://www.planbeenow.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.planbeenow.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> / </span><a href="http://www.Facebook.com/planbeenow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.Facebook.com/planbeenow</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thurs, April 16, 2015 </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">VIU (Cowichan) Building Pollinator Friendly Landscapes Session 1 6:00 pm -9:00 pm </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Saturday, April 18<sup>th</sup>, 2015 </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">VIU (Cowichan) Building Pollinator Friendly Landscapes Session 2 9:00 am-4:00 pm</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Plus a Saturday Field Trip TBA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. Course description and registration information at</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><a href="http://cc.viu.ca/ce/BrochS15.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://cc.viu.ca/ce/BrochS15.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> page 17. <b>$79 + tax</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Instructor: Ted Leischner, <i>Pollinator Conservation and Habitat Restoration Specialist, Plan Bee Now!</i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday, July 19<sup>th</sup>, 2015 </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">One Day - Planning for Pollinator Conservation on Your Property $60.00 </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">8:30 am to 4:00 pm NOTE: </span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This workshop is equivalent to the US Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Training Course </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cowichan Agriculture Society Meeting Building across from VIU (Cowichan) Duncan, BC </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To register contact <b>Ted Leischner, <i>Pollinator Conservation and Habitat Restoration Specialist</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Plan Bee Now!, Duncan, BC Phone: <b>250-510-4490</b> Email: </span><a href="mailto:tgleisch@shaw.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">tgleisch@shaw.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Details at </span><a href="http://www.planbeenow.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.planbeenow.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> / </span><a href="http://www.Facebook.com/planbeenow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.Facebook.com/planbeenow</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fri July 24<sup>th</sup> to Advanced <b>Native Bee Taxonomy Training</b> Workshop, Shawnigan Lake</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sun July 26<sup>th</sup>, 2015 School Shawnigan Lake, BC. <i>Entomology background a prerequisite. Training for Native Bee Monitoring Events</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Details at Gord Hutchings website </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hutchingsbeeservice/announcement"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://sites.google.com/site/hutchingsbeeservice/announcement</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">or contact Ted Leischner, Plan Bee Now!, Duncan, BC Phone: <b>250-510-4490</b> Email: </span><a href="mailto:tgleisch@shaw.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">tgleisch@shaw.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://www.planbeenow.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.planbeenow.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> / </span><a href="http://www.Facebook.com/planbeenow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.Facebook.com/planbeenow</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Victoria Wojcik, Ph.D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Research</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <span style="color:#7f7f7f">Director</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Pollinator Partnership</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">423 Washignton Street</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">San Francisco CA 94111</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">e: <a href="mailto:vw@pollinator.org"><span style="color:#595959">vw@pollinator.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">t: 415-362-1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">c: 647-546-3890</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">w: <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="color:#595959">www.pollinator.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D060A1.194640A0" alt="cid:image001.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D060A1.194640A0" alt="cid:image002.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D060A1.194640A0" alt="cid:image003.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D060A1.194640A0" alt="cid:image004.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="172" height="77" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D060A1.194640A0" alt="cid:image005.png@01D04B5B.43C697E0"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>