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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi, everyone:</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you are interested
in planting pollinator plants on your property, the <a
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href="https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california">Xerxes
Society</a> makes plant kits available (at no charge). </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">At our last meeting Drew Mather, the NRCS
District Conservationist, told us about these pollinator
kits. </font> If interested you will need to fill out and
submit a request form, due April 3, to be considered. Kits are
to be picked up mid-Oct to mid-Nov. at Our City Forest in San
Jose. This kit is especially for the Central Coast and Coastal
Foothills, which includes our region. <i>See the </i></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i><a
href="https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california">Xerxes</a></i><i>
website</i>. <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">"These kits
are intended to be used to create or enhance monarch and
pollinator habitat on working lands, public lands, tribal
lands and private/non-working lands recovering from wildfires,
with landowner or land manager collaboration. <span></span></span><em
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The kits are not
intended to be used in home gardens</em><span
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!important; float: none;">. </span><span style="font-size:
14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">We
encourage stewards of working lands to partner with
organizations or entities that can provide additional
technical support for their projects, such as l Resource
Conservation Districts (RCDs), The Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) or other conservation
organizations." <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">The NRCS can provide general technical
assistance (i.e. advice) on hedgerows, windbreaks and which
plants might work best in certain areas and which plants are
more suited to certain soil types, and irrigation for the
plants. The RCD can also provide planting assistance. If you
have questions about the plantings you can contact:</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">In Santa Cruz County: Drew Mather, District
Conservationist, NRCS 831-227-2902 <font color="#0000ff"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:drew.mather@usda.gov">drew.mather@usda.gov</a> </font>
or Cameron McDonald with the RCD </font></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="mailto:cmcdonald@rcdsantacruz.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cmcdonald@rcdsantacruz.org</a></font>
for planting assistance. <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">In Santa Clara County: James Booth,
District Conservationist, NRCS </font></font><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">831-637-4360.
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">/ </font></span><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="mailto:james.a.booth@usda.gov"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">james.a.booth@usda.gov</a></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In San Mateo County:
Jim Howard, District Conservationist, NRCS 650-726-4660 <font
color="#0000ff"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:james.howard@usda.gov">james.howard@usda.gov</a></font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Details on the
pollinator kit program are on the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california">Xerxes</a>
website.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Thanks much,</font></p>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Mary Lindsay</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Muns Vineyard</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">408-234-2079</font><br>
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