<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)">Bee City USA Invites you to Welcome Pollinators to your Lawn with No Mow May<font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">As temperatures warm across the country, bees are starting to emerge from their nests and forage for nectar and pollen. If you live in an urban area you <span class="gmail-il" style="">may</span> notice a lot of concrete and manicured lawns but not many flowering plants that provide the pollen and nectar that bees rely on to survive and raise their offspring. Bee City USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, is trying to change that.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Join communities across the country for <span class="gmail-il">No</span> <span class="gmail-il">Mow</span> <span class="gmail-il">May</span>, an initiative to help support early season pollinators by allowing your yard to grow for the month of <span class="gmail-il">May</span>. Learn more about the history of <span class="gmail-il">No</span> <span class="gmail-il">Mow</span> <span class="gmail-il">May</span>, how to participate, and additional steps you can take to help out the bees, butterflies, and other insects that support our planet by visiting Bee City USA's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7s0KPHbWPQjAcmlNTT7CzBa9LgwLz32prVI2GT8SgTxScX8x7UFv4NuOZBosHmamRp_P8PH-dLAnqbxlinA-MC_AxVgbmJI4ZT_TKknUCB8NpoIDL-D6HEzjoZjiK7bYQuW37XErOOa2WYeenmj006ZoGCb2U3s&c=xGssoyls_b3LhBEAgDl9-eU1F9jMq25sgnM-zDjUqyLJ69Rr_u2taQ==&ch=veBkukcd01cCAb9w7OqnGVrbgi2Kg-__9kaQ-yRZ5RQBIKZ916C81A==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,125,161);font-weight:bold"><span class="gmail-il">No</span> <span class="gmail-il">Mow</span> <span class="gmail-il">May</span> webpage</a> or reading our <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7s0KPHbWPQjAcmlNTT7CzBa9LgwLz32prVI2GT8SgTxScX8x7UFvwc4om5cH9ZENyoogV_w9q-TT9Y2mu1Th_J5yqpCETzQ1352VeK153mMkaMxqy_PVGj6OASLSgCo9CArWpCB-nDq22WTy0zyHueHDt7Z0ryWZ3eD86kb9mBkT8ip4j38H7ZHwvvWSyr8-xBRroZK9s2CCqfus9WWHQ==&c=xGssoyls_b3LhBEAgDl9-eU1F9jMq25sgnM-zDjUqyLJ69Rr_u2taQ==&ch=veBkukcd01cCAb9w7OqnGVrbgi2Kg-__9kaQ-yRZ5RQBIKZ916C81A==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,125,161);font-weight:bold"><span class="gmail-il">No</span> <span class="gmail-il">Mow</span> <span class="gmail-il">May</span> blog post</a>.<span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)"> </span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)"><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">We realize that many cities <span class="gmail-il">may</span> have rules that are intended to control noxious weeds, but which you might fall afoul of simply by allowing your grass to grow. If so, consider using this as the spark to begin figuring out how to achieve a change or suspension of such rules for next year!</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/">https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/</a><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><a href="https://beecityusa.org/welcome-pollinators-to-your-lawn-with-no-mow-may/">https://beecityusa.org/welcome-pollinators-to-your-lawn-with-no-mow-may/</a></font><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,76,76)"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><img src="cid:ii_ko8t65n30" alt="No-Mow-May_Facebook_BeeCity.jpg" width="542" height="285"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(76,76,76)"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Molly Martin</b><b><span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bee City USA Coordinator</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">she/her/hers<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=12Tux3__cbVL7jJnyNaNZU4PeUXXGNR-O&revid=0B1tQh7Y-Du_oRUE2RFRhZmFWT3p6VVNSaTN5T0cvT1lpNWNZPQ" width="200" height="83"><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(84,141,212)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">628 NE Broadway, Suite 200, Portland, OR
97232, USA<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(503)
232-6639 ext. 127<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Connect:
</span><a href="http://www.xerces.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.xerces.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="http://www.beecityusa.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">www.beecityusa.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/xercessociety/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/xercessociety" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/xercessociety/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><a href="http://www.xerces.org/blog/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Blog</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001HTk7N6nZumLPinBr8VACbNdTXCe732bGu6KpqC13JAKPti_HBe5xyr7t0p4mDfKe2dOsd-TB1qvv772s6GQfVa_SbKKfwBiwl4blH4KvCjq4dpmA2M9UNZ2axlQwu_1Gvjrl2Rb53WUZwsddwCzyorgxedLAaMy3" target="_blank">E-newsletter</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:13.3333px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:13.3333px"> </span><a href="https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=b335b6" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">Donate</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:windowtext"><span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>