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--></style></head><body bgcolor="white" 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"> </span></p><div><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""> USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service [mailto:<a href="mailto:USDA-NRCS@public.govdelivery.com">USDA-NRCS@public.govdelivery.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 07, 2015 1:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mace@xerces.org">mace@xerces.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Daily Digest Bulletin</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="650" style="width:487.5pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><img border="0" id="digest-banner-id" src="https://public.govdelivery.com/system/images/29165/original/GovTempBanner-Generic.jpg" alt="Banner Head"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:15.0pt 0in 3.75pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">USDA to invest $4 million for honey bee food sources on private lands </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:15.0pt 0in 3.75pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#888888">10/06/2015 </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:15.0pt 0in 3.75pt 0in;width:100%!important"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse" id="gd_ab_main_tab"><tr><td style="background:#eeeeee;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" id="gd_ab_header"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="gd_top"></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><img border="0" width="590" height="89" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USDANRCS/2014/02/262807/281403/govtempbanner-generic_original_crop.jpg" alt="NRCS 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NRCS expanded the effort into Montana this year because of the state’s prominent role in honey production. </span></p><p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6Im1hY2VAeGVyY2VzLm9yZyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2xpbmtfaWQiOiIxMDUiLCJzdWJzY3JpYmVyX2lkIjoiMTE2Mjc5ODkwIiwibGlua19pZCI6IjM3NjEwODk4IiwidXJpIjoiYnAyOmRpZ2VzdCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cubnJjcy51c2RhLmdvdi93cHMvcG9ydGFsL25yY3MvZGV0YWlsL25hdGlvbmFsL25ld3Nyb29tL3JlbGVhc2VzLz9jaWQ9TlJDU0VQUkQ0MDUyMjYiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMTUxMDA2LjQ5OTEzMTMxIn0.czgXbys6yttdji8jgyOdZS_Db5f8-kVOkLxwyLipipQ"><span style="color:#1d5782">Learn more.</span></a></span></p></td><td width="290" valign="top" style="width:217.5pt;background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt" id="gd_ab_second_col"><p class="gdp" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Additional 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