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SUMMARY:Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Habitat: Small Urban Farms and Community Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Urban landscapes are diverse and can provide unique habitat opportunities for pollinators and other beneficial invertebrates. However\, habitat loss in urban areas is a driving factor of insect decline. Small urban farms and community gardens are great locations to add in native habitat pockets\, strips\, hedgerows\, gardens\, and more. At the same time\, these habitats can be designed to offer many added benefits for wildlife\, crop production\, water quality\, stormwater management\, education\, and the community! Growing food in urban spaces is not a new practice\, but its presence is increasing in many cities as more people are taking an active role in where their food comes from and the betterment of their communities and environment. Join Xerces Society staff Mace Vaughan\, Pollinator Conservation Program Co-Director\, and Stefanie Steele\, Pollinator Conservation Specialist\, as they dive deeper into the issue of pollinator habitat loss in urban landscapes and how we can tackle this while also addressing other conservation and climate change challenges. They will also provide resources and techniques you can use on your small urban farm or community garden to increase native biodiversity and attract pollinating insects\, beneficial predatory insects\, and more! \nThis webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar. \n  \n \nStefanie Steele \nPollinator Conservation Specialist for Urban and Small Farms in Underserved Communities and NRCS Partner Biologist – The Xerces Society \nStefanie is the Pollinator Conservation Specialist for Urban and Small Farms in Underserved Communities and a NRCS Partner Biologist in the Upper Midwest – Detroit\, Michigan area. Through this work\, she provides technical assistance\, planning\, and education on incorporating pollinator and other beneficial invertebrate habitat in small urban agricultural areas and community gardens in historically excluded communities. Her work supports projects including the Xerces Habitat Kit Program\, People’s Garden Initiative\, and NRCS Conservation Programs through the USDA Farm Bill.\n \nMace Vaughan \nPollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Co-Director – The Xerces Society \nMace Vaughan serves as the Xerces Society’s Pollinator and Ag Biodiversity Conservation Program Co-Director\, and as a Conservation Entomologist and Partner Biologist to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) West National Technology Support Center in Portland\, Oregon. Mace has led Xerces’ Pollinator Conservation Program since 2003 and has acted as a Partner Biologist to the NRCS since 2008. In his tenure at the Xerces Society\, the pollinator program has grown from a small pilot project on California farms to a national program implementing pollinator conservation projects across the U.S. Mace co-leads a team of 25 pollinator conservation specialists and several consultants across the U.S.\, and now helps to supervise the world’s largest pollinator conservation team.
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