Idaho’s Pollinator Protection Plan George Robinson, ISDA Grasslands (Basic) Note: This template is optimized for PowerPoint 2010 and uses a video background. If used in PowerPoint 2007, video elements will play, but all content will be covered by video background when in slideshow. If used in PowerPoint 2003, video will not play, but the poster frame of the videos will remain in place as a static image. The video: Plays automatically after each slide transition. Is 30 seconds long. Seamlessly loops for infinite playback. To add slides or change layout, do the following: To add a new slide, on the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the arrow under New Slide, then click under Motion Background Theme select the desired layout. To change the layout of an existing slide, on the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, then select the desired layout. This template uses the “Pushpin” Theme Font. To access or change the Theme Font, do the following: On the View tab in the Master Views group, select Slide Master. In the Slide Master view, select slide 1 (the Master Slide for Master Layouts that use the video background). On the Slide Master tab, in the Edit Theme group, click Fonts, and then select new theme fonts. Using animated elements: Any animated element will begin after the slide transition and the background video has started.

Pollinator Protection Plans Federal Pollinator Health Task Force est 2014. The bee hazard icon in the Directions for Use section of the label indicates added restrictions to protect bees. Restrictions proposed to prohibit pesticides that are toxic to bees from being sprayed during bloom, unless a Pollinator Protection Plan in place.

Idaho Pollinator Protection Plan Purpose: To develop a voluntary guidance document with recommendations and links to help beekeepers, applicators and others explore suggestions on actions they can take to help protect pollinator health. The development committee consisted of more than 20 representatives from a variety of organizations.

Committee Members Rick Waitley, Roger Batt, Benjamin Kelly Denise Atkins, USDA Ron Bitner, Bitner Orchards (American Pollinators Protection Campaign) Kathy Brooke – Apple Commission Mike Cooper, Frank Grover, Jeff Berglund & Dick Knapp – Treasure Valley Beekeepers Joe Coppick, IAAA Greg Dean, Oliver Neher - Amalgamated Sugar Randy Hardy – Potato Commission

Committee Members Kelly Luff - Bayer Vince Matthews – NASS, USDA Betsy Mizell – Idaho Conservation League Julie Moore – Canyon County MAD Jerry Neufeld – U of I Nick Noyes – Idaho Honey Producers Sal Pallazzolo – IDF&G Todd Sawyer – Env Care Assoc. Jim Watts – Leafcutter Bee producer

Elements of Plan Create awareness of factors influencing pollinator health and options to address those issues Voluntary recommendations and guidelines Issues for growers, beekeepers, pesticide applicators and BMPs to address the issues Importance of communication How to support pollinator habitat and forage Links & references to websites

Where can you find the Plan? The Idaho Pollinator Protection Plan can be found on our website at www.isda.Idaho.gov

Where can you find the Plan? Or on the Bee page at http://www.agri.idaho.gov/AGRI/Categories/Plants Insects/Bees/apiaryformsreportspubs.php

Recommendations or concerns If you have suggestions or concerns about the Pollinator Protection Plan, feel free to contact George Robinson at (208) 332-8531, or George.Robinson@isda.Idaho.gov Questions?