**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2024, HURRICANE HELENE CAUSED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (NC). IN ADDITION TO TRAGIC LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE AND MASSIVE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WHOLE LANDSCAPES WERE SUBJECT TO DESTRUCTION NOT SEEN IN THE REGION IN MODERN HISTORY. THE DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURAL CROPS HAS YET TO BE ASSESSED, AND EVEN LESS IS UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT THESE AGRICULTURAL AREAS. TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE, GROWERS, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN THE WAKE OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE, WE WILL ENHANCE THE RECOVERY OF AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN NC THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF POLLINATOR HABITAT. WE FIRST PROPOSE EXTENSION AND EDUCATION MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS EXPLAINING THE BENEFITS OF AND GUIDELINES FOR INSTALLING POLLINATOR HABITAT. SECOND, WE WILL PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH WORKSHOP ON THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CROP-ADJACENT POLLINATOR HABITAT TO WESTERN GROWERS; WE WILL FURTHER SUPPORT THESE GROWERS BY PROVIDING SEED AND SOIL TESTING, FREE OF CHARGE TO WORKSHOP REGISTRANTS. FINALLY, WE WILL CONDUCT YEARLONG REGIONAL SURVEYS OF POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES AT PLANTED HABITAT TO ASSESS THEIR RECOVERY AND SUPPORT FUTURE CONSERVATION EFFORTS.