Who:           

§  Kathy Moser, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

§  Tom Alworth, Deputy Commissioner for Natural Resources, Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

§  Alane Ball Chinian, Regional Director, Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

§  Students, Teachers and Parents, Berne Knox Westerlo Elementary School

What:           Beehive demonstration and trail tour in recognition of Pollinator Protection Week

When:          Tuesday, June 16; 1 p.m. 

Where:         Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, Thacher State Park
                     87 Nature Center Way
                     Voorheesville, NY 12186

On June 16 at 1 p.m., Assistant Commissioner Kathy Moser and Deputy Commissioner Tom Alworth will speak of the importance and impact of Pollinator Protection Week, June 15-21, which Governor Cuomo proclaimed as a weeklong celebration of New York’s commitment to protecting New York State’s pollinator population. Vital to the State’s crop industry and food production, pollinators are significant contributors to the agricultural economy by adding roughly $500 million to the value of food crops through pollination on an annual basis and adding $15 billion in value to crop production nationally each year. 

A beehive demonstration and trail tour to view pollinators in their natural habitat with the second grade class from Berne Knox Westerlo Elementary School will immediately follow the speaking ceremony.