<html>
<body>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE
TEXAS POLLINATOR POWWOW IS APRIL 12TH<br><br>
<br><br>
Good evening!<br><br>
Our Texas Pollinator PowWow pollinator conservation conference is coming
to the Panhandle on April 22-24 at the Museum of Texas Tech and at Tahoka
Lake. We'd love to see you there. We're always looking for
like-minded folks who share our conservation concerns and are eager to
learn and make new acquaintanceships. Please take a look at some of
our speakers listed below. We think you'll agree with us that they are
exceptional. There's a couple more speakers we couldn't squeeze on this
page, not counting our outstanding Tahoka prairie/playa lake field trip
leaders. And a few more participating institutions, too. Click on the
link to our website to learn more.<br><br>
Would you be so kind as to forward this email to others you believe may
be interested? This western Texas conference is designed to appeal
to natural resource managers, researchers, naturalists, nearly all of the
-ologists, government and academic and NGO personnel, farmers and
ranchers and vintners and orchardists, master gardeners and agronomists,
beekeepers and plantsmen, and even those who would just call themselves
"pollinator enthusiasts". We have a lot of good information to
share. Did you know, for example, that a recent study in the Panhandle
shows a 17% increase in cotton yield when the field is bordered by wild
bees? Yes. Seventeen percent. We don't know about you, but we'd love to
have a 17% pay raise! Did you know that you can cost-share your
land for conservation practices, and then turn around and earn money as
income by providing for monarch butterflies when you do that? Just like a
deer lease! Did you know that another recent study shows that you can
take the edges of your crop land out of production, plant it for
pollinators, and still have an increase in crop yield- even with LESS
crop land?! Did you know that bats, our friends against crop pests and
harmful insects, used to be twelve species in number in the Panhandle-
and that we can restore them as our helpers by making a few adjustments?
Did you know that every one of the pollinator conservation measures we
are promoting will save water, clean water, and store water in the
aquifer AND on your own yard or land? <br><br>
Like we said, we have a lot to share. Our steering committee is cc'ed
above. Please contact any one of us if you have questions. And let your
friends and neighbors know. Our pre-registration deadline is April 12th.
Come one, both or three days. We thank you.<br><br>
See ya'll soon!<br><br>
Carrie McLaughlin<br><br>
TEXAS POLLINATOR POWWOW, Coordinator<br><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">
<a href="http://www.texaspollinatorpowwow.org/">
http://www.texaspollinatorpowwow.org/</a></font><br><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/texaspollinatorpowwow" eudora="autourl">
https://www.facebook.com/texaspollinatorpowwow</a><br>
</font><br>
<a href="mailto:carrie.mclaughlin58@gmail.com">
carrie.mclaughlin58@gmail.com</a><br><br>
<a href="tel:682-459-1684">682-459-1684</a> (c)<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
<b> <br>
</b><br>
<img src="cid:7.1.0.9.2.20160328101942.06d6f3e8@umd.edu.1" width=895 height=1076 alt="[]">
<b> <br>
</b></blockquote></body>
</html>