Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Common Eastern Bumble Bee 🐝 Don’t let its fuzzy appearance fool you—the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) is one of North America’s hardest-working native pollinators. Unlike […]
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Native Plant Heroes
🌸 Native Plant Spotlight: Wild Columbine 🌸 One of spring’s most enchanting native wildflowers is Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Its graceful red-and-yellow, nodding blooms seem to float above delicate blue-green
Neighbors for Nature
Students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School transformed a section of their school courtyard into a thriving native pollinator garden through hands-on learning, teamwork, and environmental stewardship. Sixth and seventh graders
Buzz & Bloom
🌾 Southeastern Grasslands Feature: America’s Most Overlooked Ecosystem Grasslands of the Southeast are some of the most diverse—and most threatened—ecosystems in North America. Once stretching across vast portions of the
Small Ripple Effects, Lasting Impacts: Habitat Fragmentation
🌿 Habitat Fragmentation: Why It Matters & What You Can Do As cities grow and roads expand, natural habitats are often broken into smaller, isolated patches—a process called habitat fragmentation.
Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Georgia Native Bee Spotlight Meet one of Georgia’s most important pollinators: the southeastern blueberry bee (Habropoda laboriosa). This fuzzy, fast-flying native bee is a spring specialist—and it has a
Week of May 11th-15th
I don’t have any events this week. I am prepping for next week’s events and starting prep for June’s events. I am working up at Cherokee Veteran’s Park this week
Prairie Strips add Benefits for Farmers
Gary Guthrie, an Iowa farmer, did an experiment on his farm. He added three prairie strips to his crops. Gary realized after hearing the buzz and hum of pollinators, how
Amazon Jaguars Habitat Loss
In 2019, the Amazon fires caused 500 jaguars to lose their habitat. Fires have destroyed over 4.9 million acres in Bolivia. Bolivia’s landscape is home to several large cat species
US Prairies gaining Interest
Scientists have perfected prairie restoration techniques. Seeding and burning are better understood. Military bases and power corridors are places where prairies can flourish. Grasslands are the least protected terrestrial biomes.
Half the Earth
E. O. Wilson, the father of sociobiology, suggests protecting half the Earth, and living on the other half. The conservation community should aim for a big goal instead of incremental
Native Lawns versus Manicured Lawns
Insects can only lay eggs on native plants. Insects are the keystone species for all life on earth. Native plants are necessary to save wildlife and ourselves. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1198908440