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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">June 18, 2018<span> </span><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tom Van Arsdall<span> </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:TVA@pollinator.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">TVA@pollinator.org</span></a></span></u>
415.362.1137</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><a href="http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Week-Press-Release-Final.pdf">http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Week-Press-Release-Final.pdf</a> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">International Celebrations Mark Pollinator
Partnership’s </span></b><b style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">11<sup>th</sup> Annual Pollinator Week</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Pollinator Week 2018 (June 18-24), marks the eleventh
consecutive year of bringing greater awareness to the critically important
issue of pollinator conservation. <b>Pollinator
Partnership (P2)</b>,<b> </b>which founded <b>Pollinator Week </b>in 2007, announced
today that <b>ALL 50 state governors </b>(and
many mayors),<b> </b>as well as the <b>U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</b> <b>Sonny Perdue </b>and the<b> U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke,
</b>have<b> </b>signed proclamations
supporting the observance of National Pollinator Week. In addition,<b> more than 250 events across North America </b>have
been organized and registered through P2’s Pollinator Week webpage (view the<b> </b>complete list at <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/pollinatorweek/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">www.pollinator.org/pollinatorweek/</a></span>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img align="right" hspace="12" style="margin-right: 0px;"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Val Dolcini,</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <b>President and CEO</b> of
<b>Pollinator Partnership</b>, noted that "As
we celebrate Pollinator Week throughout the U.S and Canada, we continue to focus
our work on the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">pollinators that contribute so significantly to the biodiversity
of wildlands and working landscapes, but in a more fundamental way, we also
honor the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">partnerships that have made for such important public policy
successes over the years.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds and other
animals bring us 1 in 3 bites of food; promote ecosystem health; lay the
foundation for a sustainable future. While we are seeing some signs of the
benefits of conservation efforts, many species of pollinators are in grave
peril. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Communities
throughout North America and beyond celebrate</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Pollinator Week by
organizing local events such as native plants sales, beekeeping classes, pollinator
themed meals or mixers, and more! As a result of P2’s coordination, seven major
landmarks will be lit up in pollinator colors this week including <b>Niagara Falls</b>, <b>San Francisco City Hall</b>, and the <b>British Columbia Legislature</b> building. In addition, P2 will be
co-hosting a variety of events in Washington, D.C., including a Congressional
briefing held by the <b>Congressional
Pollinator Protection Caucus</b>, a <b>Bureau
of Land Management </b>film screening of <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><a href="http://www.theguardiansfilm.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">The
Guardians</a></b></span>, and a reception hosted at the <b>Smithsonian Gardens’ Enid A. Haupt Garden, </b>all of which will engage
pollinator friends in the United States Capitol. Lastly, t<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">he</span> <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><a href="http://millionpollinatorgardens.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Million Pollinator Garden Challenge</a></b></span><b> </b>whose goal is to register 1 million
pollinator gardens on virtual map has gained momentum leading up to Pollinator
Week, with only 300K to go! Bee counted by <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://pollinator.org/mpgcmap" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">registering today</a></span>. Get more
information and resources at <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/pollinatorweek" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://www.pollinator.org/pollinatorweek</a></span>.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ABOUT POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP (P2)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;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.<span> </span>P2’s financial support comes through grants,
gifts, memberships and donations from any interested party.<span> </span>P2’s policies are science-based, set by its
board of directors, and never influenced by any donor.<span> </span>To make a donation or for information on
events during Pollinator Week visit <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">www.pollinator.org</span></a></span></u>.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
<br clear="all"><div>View online at <a href="http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Week-Press-Release-Final.pdf">http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/Pollinator-Week-Press-Release-Final.pdf</a></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Kelly
Rourke<br></font></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Senior Program Manager<br></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Pollinator
Partnership<br></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">423
Washington Street, 5th Floor<br></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">San
Francisco, CA 94111<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">e: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org" target="_blank">kr@pollinator.org</a><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">w: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/" target="_blank">www.pollinator.org</a> <br></span></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">p: 415.362.1137</span></p><p style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnb1E2cktVdllkeGs&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnb1NVUW16MFJyMk1MWUFLRHdxT0tBMXpFOTVvPQ" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnYmUxdkxaMm9sZG8&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnY3lCRmFOWlFCbU8yNFExdVpqRWt2R0krM3pnPQ"></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/+PollinatorOrg" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnczFDZ3FpZERwSUk&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnK1cvSzc0c3g5QWx4L2pEUkxxS2lVcEdiR1Y0PQ"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnSEIxNVh2bU5yekU&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnTU9uMXc1WjFYSVVVeWwwVVdLQTlzc1BsYnZrPQ" style="font-size: 12.8px;"></a></p><p style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnRktGdEtBUDlnaWM&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnd09rbG9TMGZTdlVKd0xSWkdmUXhWZUoyaW5nPQ"></a><a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B8boc4ZOHvNnMlhJRmxaY1NvUEE&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNna252Vk4xd3RnbWhjOVdIOVMybytrRDVLbVE0PQ"><br></a><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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