[Pollinator] Fwd: Sign Up for Project Wingspan's Online Seed Collection Training!

[Anthony Colangelo]

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*Dear Pollinator Stewards:*

We hope you are safe and well. While you're navigating this crisis,
Pollinator Partnership and the Project Wingspan team is thinking of you,
and are pledged to keep working on behalf of pollinators, plants, people
and the planet through this difficult time.

*"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature
- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
–Rachel Carson*

As we continue to navigate uncharted territory, the P2 staff have turned to
Rachel Carson’s wisdom and words for strength. Nature provides a place for
us to escape, reflect, recharge, and find inspiration during these times.
While the 2020 collection season will likely be carried out a little
differently this year, we will still be forging ahead when and where we can
responsibly do so. Helping to keep our volunteers, partners, staff, and all
the people they connect with healthy and safe is our top priority and our
State Coordinators will soon be in touch with teams regarding guidance and
recommendations to ensure that where able, our teams can still actively
participate in Project Wingspan with peace of mind. In this vein, we have
an exciting update to share and look forward to continuing Project
Wingspan’s mission to increase the quantity, quality, and connectivity of
pollinator habitat throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes regional
landscape with your help and support!


*Sincerely, The Project Wingspan Team*

*Project Wingspan*
*Expansion and Online Seed Collection Training*
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Pollinator Partnership is thrilled to announce that Project Wingspan is
expanding! In addition to working in the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, we are now building a network
of volunteers, organizations, and agencies to partner with us in this
innovative project in Arkansas and Minnesota.


Sign up today to get trained and come join Pollinator Partnership and their
conservation partners in collecting seed to help with the enhancement of
over 10,000 acres of land for the monarch butterfly, endangered rusty
patched bumble bee, and other imperiled pollinators!

SIGN UP
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Did you know that the monarch butterfly, one of North America’s most iconic
species, is in jeopardy? Populations of this amazing migratory butterfly
have *declined by 80-90%* over the last couple decades and they are
currently being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act
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Research estimates that an *additional 1.8 billion stems*
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of
milkweed are needed in order to stabilize their populations.

Like the monarch, the rusty patched bumble bee (RPBB) was a common species
20 years ago, with a range across 28 states and two Canadian provinces.
Unfortunately, RPBB populations have also seen a swift decline since the
1990s, which earned it *placement on the endangered species list in 2017* –
with a distinction of becoming the first bee in the contiguous 48 states to
be declared endangered.
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*Photo by Kim Mitchell; USFWS*
If you find these numbers troubling and would like to help in an effort to
increase milkweed and other native wildflowers in the landscape for these
imperiled pollinators, *join Pollinator Partnership*, our team of partners
in collecting native wildflower seeds this summer and fall through
their Project
Wingspan
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conservation project.
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*Photo by Heath Hamillton*
Project Wingspan is looking for enthusiastic seed collecting
volunteers in *Arkansas,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin *to
help collect seeds from milkweed and other common native forage plants. As
a seed collecting volunteer you will be provided with the training needed
to make valuable contributions to support migrating monarchs and resident
rusty patched bumble bees.

Pollinator Partnership has created a simple 6-step online training module
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to help you learn more about Project Wingspan and its goals, how to
properly collect seed from the landscape, and how to identify our target
species. Skills that once learned, can be applied to your personal garden
and other local community efforts. *To get started today*, click here
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and let us know you’d like to volunteer with the project. Then a state
coordinator will get in touch to connect you with the training module that
will best fit your level of time, skill, and interest.

Once a volunteer has completed the simple 6-step online training, they will
be sent a personalized certificate of training and be assigned to the
nearest established Collection Team.
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*To learn more about Project Wingspan* please visit
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and email your State Coordinator if you have questions about how to get
involved!

State Coordinators are also working to identify suitable seed collection
sites in each of our focus states. To see our list of target plants and
sign-up as a potential seed collection location, please fill out the online
form here: https://tinyurl.com/PWseedsite
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*State Coordinators:*
Arkansas: Sara Wittenberg <sw at pollinator.org>
Illinois: Holly Frainer <hf at pollinator.org>
Indiana: Emily Yates <ey at pollinator.org>
Michigan: Connie Crancer <cc at pollinator.org>
Minnesota: Kyla Tripp <kt at pollinator.org>
Ohio: Lara Roketenetz <lara at pollinator.org>
Pennsylvania: Joe Hovis <jh at pollinator.org>
Wisconsin: Laura Jach Smith <ljs at pollinator.org>

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