"It was a great honor for me to accept the Pollinator Challenge award from Director Dan Ashe (on the right) for Region 2's third straight challenge win. Photo credit: USFWS. Southwest Region “Three-Peat” – Southwest Region Wins National Pollinator Chal

For the third year in a row, the Southwest Region has won the Service's National Pollinator Challenge, capturing the highest scores for pollinator conservation activities nationwide. This was truly a cross-program effort in which employees from 17 National Wildlife Refuges; 4 Ecological Services Field Offices with 3 of their Partners programs; 1 Migratory Bird Field Office; and the Southwest Regional Office – represented by Refuges, Fisheries, Ecological Services, Migratory Birds, and the Wildlife Sport Fish Restoration

USFWS Pollinator Awards presented to the Southwest Region (from left to right, 2012, 2011 and 2013). Photo credit: Chris Tincher, USFWS.

Program worked together as “One Service/One Region.”

The 2014 Pollinator Challenge begins today (April 15) and runs through Sept 30, 2014. Let's bring this award home to the Southwest Region for a fourth year!

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