<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;text-decoration:-webkit-letterpress"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hi everyone,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;text-decoration:-webkit-letterpress"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;text-decoration:-webkit-letterpress"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Here's a short video produced by the NRCS in California to mark pollinator week. It highlights the great work being done by the Gallagher family to promote pollinators in their almond orchard in California. It's a good example of the kind of private lands conservation that is being done in many states. In this case, the Gallaghers began working with the NRCS about 10 years ago and then more recently, in 2013, invited the Xerces Society to advise on pollinator conservation. At that time, they had partially restored approximately 10 acres of native grassland adjacent to their almond orchard in Colusa County, CA. Prior to their restoration efforts, the area was dominated by non-native weedy grasses and invasive weeds such as yellow-starthistle. Xerces worked with the Gallaghers to get a handle on some of the weedy vegetation encroaching into their restorated areas, and allow the newly planted native grasses and wildflowers to take hold. In particular, we focused on increase wildflower cover and diversity throughout the area to support native pollinators.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;text-decoration:-webkit-letterpress"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;text-decoration:-webkit-letterpress"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJdcCnTtQyc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJdcCnTtQyc</a></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><br></p>
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