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7/13/2017 <br />xcelenergy.com | ©2017 Xcel Energy Inc. | Xcel Energy is a registered trademark of Xcel Energy Inc. <br />Pollinator sites <br />Xcel Energy has been supporting the development and maintenance <br />of pollinator habits for over 25 years. <br />In 2008, we developed 20 acres of native prairie land around the High <br />Bridge Generating Station in St. Paul. In 2015, we signed the Pollinator <br />Pledge committing at least 50 acres in the St. Croix River Valley to <br />pollinator-friendly habitat. The Pollinator Pledge is an initiative <br />launched by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />and the U.S. Forest Service. In addition, in 2015 crews planted native <br />pollinator plants on seven acres of new transmission line right of way <br />at a Boy Scout Camp near Town of Holland, Wis. <br />Xcel Energy proposed & active pollinator sites <br />In June 2016, we commemorated the completion of the First <br />Lake Substation in Monticello, Minnesota. The new facility <br />includes seven acres of new pollinator-friendly habitat. Pic - <br />tured in the bottom right, the seven-acre habitat is in full <br />bloom just over a year later. <br />Four acres of native pollinator plants including Milkweed, <br />Coneflowers, Blazing Star, and Bergomot were planted <br />outside of the Xcel Energy Black Dog Plant in late 2016.