U.S. Forest Service Pollinator Training Workshop

Helping You Help Pollinators Protect Their Lives. Preserve Ours.

JUNE 29, 2016
HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST
BEDFORD, IN

Dear Participant:

The USDA Forest Service’s Eastern Region is partnering with the Pollinator Partnership (P2) to develop and execute pollinator training workshops coinciding with Pollinator Week June 20-26, 2016. These workshops will focus on the importance of pollinators, the threats they currently face, and actions to help support them.

Government agencies, non-profits, for-profits, citizen scientists, and pollinator enthusiasts are welcome to join this invitation-only pollinator training workshop to learn and explore more about the importance of pollinators. Properly functioning ecosystems, with pollinator habitat resources intact, are integral to ensuring a sustainable path for the planet and all its life forms.

This is by invitation only and is on a first come first served basis.

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AGENDA

Time

Activity

8:30am
Check-in
9:00am
Welcome and Logistics (15 min)
9:15am
Participant Round Robin (30 min)
9:45am
About Pollinators (45 min)
10:30am
Break
10:45am
Land Management and Pollinators (30 min)
11:15am
Local Pollinator Project(s) (30 minutes)
11:45am
NRCS and Pollinators (30 min)
12:15pm
Lunch (brown bag)
1:15pm
Ecosystem Management and Pollinators – Pollinator Friendly Practices (60 min)
2:15pm
Bombus Monitoring as an Indicator of Pollinator Health (30 min)
3:15pm
Break and Bombus Field Work (60 min)
4:15pm
Discussion, Brainstorm, Conclusion (30 min)

Registration materials will be provided at the workshop but feel free to explore the P2 shop for additional resources.

LOCATION

Hoosier National Forest Conference Room
811 Constitution Ave.
Bedford, IN 47421

LUNCH

Please bring your own lunch.

NOTE

Please come prepared to give a brief (2 minute maximum) introduction to your work and goals (big or small) for pollinator projects.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation to/from the training.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We look forward to seeing you in June!

Sincerely,
Mary Galea on behalf of the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region and the Pollinator Partnership

Cheryl Coon
Forest Botanist
Hoosier National Forest, Brownston Ranger District
USFS
811 Constitution Ave
Bedford, IN 47421
812-276-4773
ccoon@fs.fed.us

Mary Galea
Plant Ecologist
Pollinator Partnership
423 Washington Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-362-1137
mg@pollinator.org

ADA ACT

If you plan on attending one of these training sessions and need special accommodations, please call the Pollinator Partnership office at 415.362.1137 at least two weeks in advance of your training.

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If you do not receive a confirmation email shortly, please contact info@pollinator.org