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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#283C46;background:white">I am pleased to announce some great new resources coming out of Oregon State University and New Mexico State University around pollinator protection.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#283C46;background:white">First, OSU Extension has a whole section dedicated to pollinator protection built into a new pest management tool for the public, SolvePestProblems:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#283C46;background:white">Second, as part of a Western IPM grant, OSU and NMSU developed a series of videos on how IPM and pollinator protection are integrated in practice:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Oregon videos:</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">IPM Strategies for Pollinator Protection in Nurseries:</span></strong><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/WlAwpkOl_c4" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/WlAwpkOl_c4</span></a><span style="color:#283C46;background:white"> |
Spanish subtitles: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/mJLE6FlB5sc" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/mJLE6FlB5sc</span></a><span style="color:#283C46"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">IPM Strategies for Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila and Protecting Pollinators in Blueberries:</span></strong><span style="background:white"> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/4KIGtW1hNCI" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/4KIGtW1hNCI</span></a><span style="color:#283C46;background:white"> |
Spanish subtitles: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/Gfwo-Vt2SC8" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/Gfwo-Vt2SC8</span></a><span style="color:#283C46"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">IPM Strategies for Managing Pathogens and Protecting Pollinators in Blueberries:</span></strong><span style="background:white"> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/bgTni-B99Ks" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/bgTni-B99Ks</span></a><span style="color:#283C46;background:white"> |
Spanish subtitles: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/ligc_t6tLQU" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/ligc_t6tLQU</span></a><span style="color:#283C46"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">New Mexico videos:</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Pollination and Pests of Chile in New Mexico: </span></strong></span><a href="https://youtu.be/OqK7jPRMpl8" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/OqK7jPRMpl8</span></a><span style="color:#283C46"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Managing Squash Bugs in New Mexico:</span></strong><span style="background:white"> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/jEiJMZh8YYY" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/jEiJMZh8YYY</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andony Melathopoulos, Assistant Professor Pollinator Health Extension</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Horticulture </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Oregon
State University<br>
4017 Agricultural and Life Science Building </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Corvallis, OR 97331-7304<br>
cell: (541) 452-3038 </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B9B9B9">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:Name@youremail.com"><span style="color:#BB622E">Andony.Melathopoulos@oregonstate.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272728"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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