NAPPC

11th ANNUAL NAPPC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
RECAP
October 25-27, 2011
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC

The 11th Annual NAPPC International Conference held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this year's conference. Leading scientists, researchers, conservationists, agricultural experts, religious leaders and government officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico were gathered on October 25-27th for an intensive conference aimed at nurturing declining pollinator species vital to plant and food production.

Watch the live stream Open Symposium stream!

Check out a recap of the conference with pictures, media releases as well as our honorary hosts and sponsors.

Pictures

Wednesday Open Symposium	Wednesday Evening Reception
Film Screening	Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian

Pollinator Advocate Awards

	2011 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Mexico Dra. M. Isabel Ramirez Monarch Butterfly Fund Mexico Click here for press release For over a decade Dra. Isabel Ramirez has been supporting an epic migration that spans a continent. Dra. Ramirez has taken a lead role in promoting and protecting critical overwintering habitat for monarch butterflies in Mexico. Her work with local citizens has preserved habitat and has given both the monarch butterflies and the community a second chance. Dra. Ramirez’s conservation action is supported by her research into how local land use change impacts the local climate at the Monarch Butterfly Reserve in Mexico.
	2011 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada Clement Kent, Ph.D. HSPT Pollinator Gardens Project Click here for press release Dr. Kent founded the Pollinator Gardens Project to educate gardeners and the public about how they could help create and conserve habitat for these important species using native plants. This past year Dr. Kent envisioned and designed an indoor pollinator garden that was on display at “Canada Blooms”, the largest Garden Show in Canada, showing just how motivated he is for this cause. Dr. Kent’s demonstration pollinator gardens have been seen by thousands of people and have sparked interest in garden and beekeeping groups in other cities that want to create their own pollinator gardens.
	2011 NACD-NAPPC Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award Pete and Laura Berthelsen Click here for press release Peter and Laura Berthelsen have taken steps to help pollinators on their land in Elba, Nebraska, creating not only habitat but also an outdoor education classroom where people from across the state can see firsthand just how important pollinator habitat is. As a result, many other landowners have begun planting pollinator habitat on their own property. Peter also helped secure many of the pollinator planting guidelines present in new Conservation Reserve Program across the United States, doing significant work in Washington DC to ensure that polliatnors remain a key concern for conservation programming. To this end Peter has served as a speaker at meetings across the country to help educate stakeholders and decision-makers about the importance of pollinators and pollinator habitat, working to help them use and implement Farm Bill provisions to better the landscape for pollinators.
	2011 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Jimmy Brown Energy United Click here for press release Jimmy Brown has worked to incorporate pollinator habitat development into the management practices of Energy United utility holdings in North Carolina, creating a network of potential pollinator habitat spanning more than 1000 miles. Brown and his staff have worked to educate their industry partners, stressing the importance of protecting and promoting the natural habitats for pollinators that run underneath overhead transmission wires and the positive impact that these small actions can have. Together Brown and his team are providing the community with an essential service, providing pollinators with essential habitat, and changing industry.

A very special thanks to ALL of your sponsors and honorary hosts in 2011!

Honorary Hosts