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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Call for 2017 Pollinator Award Nominations</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each year The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) presents awards to pollinator advocates and farmer ranchers who have worked for years to promote pollinators. These awardees understand just how important pollinators are to food, culture, and life. They have taken that extra step to help out the birds, bees, butterflies, moths, and bats that support agriculture and ecosystems everywhere. NAPPC, through its recognition and appreciation of these individuals, encourages their activities and hopes to catalyze future actions on behalf of pollinators.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Consider nominating someone for one of the following awards:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">POLLINATOR ADVOCATE AWARD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Pollinator Advocate Award recognizes individuals or organizations that have contributed significantly to pollinator species protection and conservation and to public education, resulting in increased awareness of the importance of pollination. (US, CANADA, MEXICO)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FARMER RANCHER POLLINATOR CONSERVATION AWARD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Farmer Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award recognizes the unique contributions that members of the agricultural community make to pollinator where they are needed most – supporting our food supply. (US and Canada)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nominations are due –<span style="color:red"> </span>FRIDAY, AUGUST 11<sup>TH</sup>, 2017</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Visit <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/awards.htm">http://www.pollinator.org/awards.htm</a> for more information and to download nomination forms!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></b></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:image001.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" 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:image002.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" 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:image003.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" 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:image004.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" 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:image005.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" 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:image006.jpg@01D1E40C.4BF912D0" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D15E89.826C9660"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>