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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The Province of Ontario has launched the Pollinator Health Action Plan (PHAP). It’s a comprehensive plan developed with many rounds of stakeholder consultation, that is making use of government support and partnerships with many organizations to promote pollinator health. The PHAP is one of three key components to the Pollinator Health Strategy, which also includes production insurance for beekeepers and the regulation of NNI-treated seed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Visit </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/pollinator/action_plan.htm">http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/pollinator/action_plan.htm</a> or <a href="http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/pollinator/action_plan.htm">http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/pollinator/action_plan.htm</a> to have a read through the plan, and check out highlighted partners and projects already under way. </span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">As part of the PHAP, Pollinator Partnership Canada has developed landscape management resources for gardeners and other key land managers (farmers, roadside managers, and corridor managers). Keep an eye out for these resources in the new year. Planting guides are already available at <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/canada">www.pollinator.org/canada</a> and <a href="http://www.pollinatorpartnership.ca">www.pollinatorpartnership.ca</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Director</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">Toronto ON</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">c: 647-546-3890</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"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">Head Office</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">423 Washington Street, 5<sup>th</sup> floor</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">t: 415-362-1137</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";text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D256E7.0A532160" alt="cid:image001.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D256E7.0A532160" alt="cid:image002.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D256E7.0A532160" 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";text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D256E7.0A532160" alt="cid:image004.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="172" height="77" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D256E7.0A532160" alt="cid:image005.png@01D04B5B.43C697E0"></span></a><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p></div></body></html>