Please join me on my mission to protect our important pollinators. Below is information on a Organization that I support. Pollinator Partnership does so much for our pollinators. If you don't have garden space and would like to support our pollinators please consider donating to their cause. With the hard work of Pollinator Partnership our pollinators have a brighter future. We depend on pollinators and they depend on us protecting them!
National Pollinator week is June 20 -26, 2011 Let's celebrate the beautiful little hard workers!
Please visit Pollinator Partnership website to learn more www.Pollinator.org Below find their fact sheet.
FACT SHEET
Established in 1997, Pollinator Partnership (P2) is the largest 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the health, protection, and conservation of pollinating animals. P2 manages the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), a growing, private-public collaboration of more than 120 diverse partners, with scientists, researchers, conservationists, government officials and stakeholder representatives working for over a decade to support the health of pollinating animals and the plants and habitat that they support. More information about NAPPC is available at http://www.nappc.org.
MISSION
The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Signature initiatives include the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Beekeepers, farmers and ranchers, educators, non-profits, government agencies, private industries, gardeners, and more.
ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS
- 2006 NAS Report on the Status of Pollinators in North America.
- 2006 U.S. Postal Service Pollination Stamp Series.
- First-Ever Pollinator Conservation and Research Provisions in 2008 Farm Bill and Programs.
- Pollinator Protection MOU’s with 10 Federal Agencies Managing or Influencing 2 Billion Acres.
- Pollinator Protection MOU with National Association of Conservation Districts.
- National Pollinator Week, Federal and State Levels.
- Pollinator Advocate Awards—General and Farmer-Rancher.
- Funding for Pollinator Research; and Support for Federal Funding.
- Number of Initiatives Underway and Planned [Federal Executive Order, Transportation Reauthorization, Pesticide Applicators Brochure, etc]
- NAPPC was selected as a 2008 PESP Champion by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its accomplishments that year.
- Awarded the 2011 Garden Club of America Cynthia Platt Loughlin Award
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