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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MEDIA RELEASE</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tom Van Arsdall </span><a href="mailto:TVA@pollinator.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TVA@pollinator.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 703.509.4746<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Laurie Davies Adams </span><a href="mailto:LDA@pollinator.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LDA@pollinator.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 415.362.1137<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="width:668px;height:2px"><img width="668" height="1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2039E.9852B940"></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><br style="mso-ignore:vglayout" clear="ALL"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><img width="74" height="74" src="cid:image014.jpg@01D2039E.FDD22710" align="left" hspace="12" alt="BestNAPPC logo"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NAPPC PRESENTS THE </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2016 POLLINATOR ROADSIDE MANAGEMENT AWARD</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">San Francisco, August 31, 2016</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> –The 2016 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Pollinator Roadside Management Award was presented at the National Roadside Vegetation Management Association’s annual conference in Franklin, Tennessee. NAPPC is administered by the Pollinator Partnership (P2) and P2’s Executive Director, Laurie Davies Adams, was present to acknowledge the awardees.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NAPPC Pollinator Roadside Management Award to recognize transportation agencies who are leading the field in pollinator-friendly roadside practices. By implementing pollinator-friendly roadside practices, roadside managers can play a significant role in boosting pollinator habitat nationwide, including habitat for the imperiled monarch butterfly. Nominations were reviewed by a distinguished selection committee comprised of Julie Zahniser (American Bee Project), Deirdre Remley (Federal Highways Administration), Neil Pedersen (Transportation Research Board), and Laurie Davies Adams (Pollinator Partnership). 2017 nominations are now being accepted; visit </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/roadsides"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.pollinator.org/roadsides</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> for more information and the nomination form. </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) received first place. <span style="color:#222222">In the past 14 years, Georgia DOT has planted approximately 2,700 acres of roadside wildflowers statewide utilizing proceeds from the sales of wildflower-themed vehicle license plates. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Johnson County Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM) received second place. Johnson Country IRVM has planted over 350 acres of high quality pollinator habitat over the last 25 years. Additionally, Johnson Country IRVM has implemented mowing and pesticide use policies that incorporate the needs of pollinators. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The Ohio Department of Transportation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Leavenworth Fish Hatchery both received honorable mention for their efforts and emerging pollinator programs. </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">###</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ABOUT THE POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP (P2)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Established in 1997, the Pollinator Partnership is the largest 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the health, protection, and conservation of all pollinating animals. P2’s actions for pollinators include education, conservation, restoration, policy, and research. P2’s financial support comes through grants, gifts, memberships and donations from any interested party. P2’s policies are science-based, set by its board of directors, and never influenced by any donor. For more information</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> please visit </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.pollinator.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kelly Rourke </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Program Coordinator </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pollinator Partnership</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">San Francisco, CA 94111</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">e: </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b2bb5"><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org"><span style="color:#0b2bb5">kr@pollinator.org</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b2bb5"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">w:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b2bb5"> <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="color:#0b2bb5">www.pollinator.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">p: 415.362.1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pollinator.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="117" height="52" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image005.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a><a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="60" height="60" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D2039E.9852B940" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>