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SUMMARY:Proposal window open: Wisconsin Pollinator Habitat Kits
DESCRIPTION:The proposal window is open now through March 6 for the Xerces Society’s Wisconsin Pollinator Habitat Kits! Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might qualify (including Bee Cities and Bee Campuses!):  \n🌿 Qualifying projects: Working lands or community food initiatives  \n🌿 Qualifying locations: Wisconsin  \n🌿 Special kit features: Supports monarch butterflies\, native pollinators\, and beneficial insects  \n🌿 Project proposals: January 30 – March 6\, 2024  \n🌿 Kit pickup: June  \nLearn more and submit a proposal
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/proposal-window-open-wisconsin-pollinator-habitat-kits/
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SUMMARY:Proposal window open: Detroit Pollinator Habitat Kits
DESCRIPTION:The proposal window is open now through March 16 for the Xerces Society’s Detroit Pollinator Habitat Kits! Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might qualify:  \n🦋 Qualifying projects: Historically underserved and community-serving urban farms\, community gardens\, and community organizations  \n🦋 Qualifying locations: Metro Detroit\, MI  \n🦋 Special kit features: Emphasis on urban agricultural landscapes and habitat aesthetics in cities; native plants attractive to pollinators\, natural enemies of pests\, and your community.  \n🦋 Project proposals: February 5 – March 16\, 2024  \n🦋 Kit pickup: Late May / Early June  \nLearn more and submit a proposal
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/proposal-window-open-detroit-pollinator-habitat-kits/
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SUMMARY:Proposal window open: California Monarch and Pollinator Kits
DESCRIPTION:The proposal window is open now through April 5 for the Xerces Society’s California Monarch and Pollinator Kits! Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might qualify (including Bee Cities and Bee Campuses!):  \n🌼 Qualifying projects: Working lands\, public lands\, tribal lands\, and private/non-working lands recovering from wildfires  \n🌼 Qualifying locations: Distinct regions in California (Central Coast\, Central Valley\, Sierra Nevada Foothills\, and Southern California)  \n🌼 Special kit features: Supports monarch butterflies and other pollinators\, climate-smart selections  \n🌼 Project proposals: February 12 – April 5\, 2024  \n🌼 Kit pickup: October – November  \nLearn more and submit a proposal in English or Spanish.
URL:https://beecityusa.org/event/california_habitat_kits/
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SUMMARY:Online: Best Practices for Pollinators Summit
DESCRIPTION:Registration is open for 2024: Feb 27\, Feb 28 and Feb 29. \nLearn ecologically sound land practices that promote pollinators\, climate resilience\, clean waters and lands. Practical knowledge and innovation on pesticide reduction\, habitat installation\, fostering soil health\, pollinator biology\, pollinator conservation and more. Co-hosts  Pollinator Friendly Alliance and The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Read more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule for Feb. 27 – Feb. 29 (in process\, and not in order of presentation time) \n\nUrban soil life: Invertebrate animals and their roles in soil health\, Jennifer Hopwood & Stephanie Frischie\, Xerces Society\nHuffman prairie: the long view\, plant and animal abundance\, David Nolan\, Ecologist\nFungi insects\, Sarah Foltz Jordan\, Biologist\nNative bee specialists\, plant hosts\, threats and conservation\, Heather Holm\, Biologist and author\nIndigenous practices on the land\, Ferin Davis Anderson\, Lead Environmental Scientist\, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community\nRestoring relationships and beneficial fire to Great Lakes forests\, Evan Larson Ph.D\, University of Platteville\nCatastrophic Regime Shifts in Midwest Savanna Ecosystems: Restoration and Why it Matters\, Stephen Thomforde\, Senior Ecologist\, Stantec\nMonarch Habitat Management and Research Needed to Improve It\, Dr. Ray Moranz\, Xerces\nLiving with wild things\, Hope Flanigan\, Dream of Wild Health\nUnderstanding wildflower forage value: Advocating for plant diversity to ranchers\, Rae Powers & Sarah Hamilton-Buxton\, Xerces\nSupporting beneficial birds with native habitat\, Shelly O’Connor\, Wild Farm Alliance\nLeveraging our power as plant buyers to get pollinator-safe plants\, Sharon Selvaggio\, Xerces Society\nImportance of forests and woody habitat for pollinators\, Kass-Urban Mead\, Xerces\nBMPs to convert old fields to pollinator habitat\, Karin Jokela\, Xerces Society and Gina Hugo\, Sherburne County Public Works/Parks Director\nMosquito IPM in practice\, Rella Abernathy\, City of Boulder\nand more to come\n\nRecorded presentations from past summits are posted on two websites: \n\nPollinator Friendly Alliance: Webinars and Videos\nYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGHXSsYI7l-X3Dcb6a5ABJqMifefg5irc
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