Pollinator Stamp Series to be Issued during Pollinator Week

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Date:    Fri, 11 May 2007 09:31:09 -0500
Subject: Pollinator Stamp Series to be Issued during Pollinator Week

Pollinator Stamp Series to be Issued during Pollinator Week

A bold plan to publicize the importance and plight of pollinators in
the U.S. is hoping to literally take root on a small farm in Kansas.
To draw attention to the importance of pollinators in ecosystems,
agriculture, and biodiversity, a continent-wide campaign to protect
pollinators, the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
(NAPPC), plans to partner with world-renowned Kansas-based crop artist
Stan Herd to build a 50-foot butterfly out of natural materials.

The crop art will coincide with National Pollinator Week, designated
by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help
publicize the vulnerability of pollinators and to call on the public
to create pollinator-friendly habitats in their own landscapes.
Pollinator Week will be held June 24-30.

The U.S. Postal Service block of four Pollination stamps, to be issued
during Pollinator Week, will feature Morrison's bumble bee, the
calliope hummingbird, and the lesser long-nosed bat, in addition to
the Southern dogface butterfly that crop artist Herd plans to create
in flowers.

For more information, go to www.pollinator.org.
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