North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Honors Almond Farmers of California

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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MODESTO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) on Tuesday presented its Business for Bees Sustainability Award – an honor reserved for standout organizations that go above and beyond to support pollinators – to the Almond Board of California (ABC) and the state's almond farmers. 

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  • MODESTO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign ( NAPPC ) on Tuesday presented its Business for Bees Sustainability Award an honor reserved for standout organizations that go above and beyond to support pollinators to theAlmond Board of California ( ABC ) and the state's almond farmers.
  • "ABC's name is on this award, but it really goes to the 7,600 almond farmers in California," said Josette Lewis, ABC's chief scientific officer.
  • "The formation of the California Pollinator Coalition was such a big step," said Laurie Davies Adams, Pollinator Partnership's Director of Programs, who helped found the CPC.
  • "Almond farmers have doubled the number of acres of bee friendly habit in California and in that pollinator flyway," Lewis said.

Diverse Group of Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resource Organizations Comes Together to Protect California's Pollinators

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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The Coalition is focusing on increasing the value working lands provide to our environment, to benefit biodiversity and farmers alike.

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  • The Coalition is focusing on increasing the value working lands provide to our environment, to benefit biodiversity and farmers alike.
  • Together, the goal is to increase collaboration between agriculture and conservation groups for the benefit of biodiversity and food production.
  • The California Pollinator Coalition is a big step forward in a journey of grower and conservation groups voluntarily demonstrating leadership."
  • Almond growers and many other farmers depend on pollinators to produce a crop and pollinators depend on us to provide safe habitat.

American Electric Power Receives First NAPPC Pollinator Electric Power Award

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), managed by Pollinator Partnership, has awarded its first 2020 Pollinator Electric Power Award to American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) for its leadership in pollinator-friendly projects.

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  • COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), managed by Pollinator Partnership, has awarded its first 2020 Pollinator Electric Power Award to American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) for its leadership in pollinator-friendly projects.
  • This award was established by the NAPPC Pollinators on Managed Lands Task Force and sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
  • As a sponsor of the award, EPRI does not participate in the nomination process or award selection committee.
  • By implementing pollinator-friendly projects on managed lands, electric power companies can play a significant role in boosting pollinator habitat nationwide, including habitat for the imperiled native Monarch butterfly.

Automakers and suppliers work together to support over 2400 acres of pollinator habitat across their operations

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Thursday, January 30, 2020
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The work group is co-chaired by Kevin Butt, Director Environmental Sustainability, Toyota Motor North America and Sam Qureshi, National Business Development Manager, Waste Management Sustainability Services.

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  • The work group is co-chaired by Kevin Butt, Director Environmental Sustainability, Toyota Motor North America and Sam Qureshi, National Business Development Manager, Waste Management Sustainability Services.
  • In 2019, SP issued a challenge to its member companies to work together through a Biodiversity Work Group and to make a commitment to implement or expand pollinator projects at one, or more, of their sites.
  • SP has also engaged with the Pollinator Partnership to provide its members with additional educational resources and ideas to support pollinator conservation on their sites and within their communities.
  • Taken together, those projects represent over 2,400 acres of corporate lands that are currently being managed by SP member companies as wildlife habitat for pollinators.

California Almond Community Announces Five-Point Pollinator Protection Plan

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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MODESTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Preceding the start of the annual almond pollination season in February, the California almond community is launching a new five-point Pollinator Protection Plan.

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  • MODESTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Preceding the start of the annual almond pollination season in February, the California almond community is launching a new five-point Pollinator Protection Plan.
  • Known for their local and regional initiatives, like National Pollinator Week, the Pollinator Partnership's Bee Friendly Farming program engages farmers in the promotion of pollinator health on their lands.
  • Under this new partnership, ABC is working with Pollinator Partnership to integrate the Bee Friendly Farming program with the California Almond Sustainability Program's (CASP) bee health module.
  • To view a statement from the Pollinator Partnership describing the new partnership with the Almond Board of California, click here .