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L <br />B <br />tyof <br />Luisville <br />Parks & Recreation <br />Memorandum <br />To: Louisville City Council <br />From: Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board (PPLAB) <br />Date: 10/06/2022 <br />Subject: Recommendation for the City of Louisville to Become an Affiliate of Bee <br />City USA <br />At the April 2022 PPLAB meeting, the Board discussed the commitments necessary to become a <br />Bee City USA Affiliate. PPLAB board member John Webb outlined the benefits of a Bee City USA <br />designation, a program administered by the Xerces Society for Conservation of Invertebrates. <br />The inserted brochure from Bee City USA below summarizes the benefits and commitments. <br />Who Can Become an Affiliate of <br />Bee City USA? <br />Cities and towns that arc hrcorporau cl municipalities <br />can wank to lncaect pollinators in their communities <br />by be—mog affihates of Bee City USA. Cotmtles can <br />also become Sec City USA afhliates if most activities ate <br />takingph,, ut nnhxorporated areas within the county. <br />Bee City USA's sister haitiati-, Lee Campus USA, <br />vurks with i-thutions othibher edreation, indndhrg <br />collcgcs and universities. <br />Groups and individuals that do not fit into one of <br />these categories but world like to commit to conserve <br />native pollinators can become hrvolved In the Xerces <br />Societya Bdng Back the Pollinators campaign and <br />take the Pollivator Protection Pledge. Learn more at <br />bringb ackthcpollinatms.org. <br />Byjoining Bee City USA, taking Xerces' <br />Pollinator Protection Pledge, or simply <br />taking small steps in your daily life <br />to increase habitat, reduce pesticide <br />use, or spread awareness, you are <br />joining a global movement to protect <br />pollinators. <br />Learn more about the Bee City USA ptngram, read <br />answers to frequently asked questions, and find ,at I <br />to apply at: <br />beecityusa.org <br />Bee Cily USA is an initiative of the Xerces Societe% <br />KtXERCES <br />d SOCIETY <br />for Invertebrate Conservation <br />Estabh'shed in 1971, the Xerces society is at the foeefrout of <br />ncettehtare protection, h—essing the kno viedge of scientists <br />and enthrsGrsm of mmmeme rnitk' to imytat con —tion <br />programs swdde ide_ Xerces uses hands-rn conservation. <br />advocacy zdurat[on, and applied ee —h to in—t the life <br />thatmstaim ,, <br />Xerces Society far J—tebrate Consereetirn <br />623 NE 8roadvny, Site 200, Portland, OR 97232 <br />(A,1)2326639 aerce—r <br />C—ductC�. 0-1.h,—r ]" Ilabnayh—by..'a—SLry— <br />euw.,mr<n......„Puo L7—dn L..0 <br />20-034 of <br />