When the temperature starts to drop and flowers close up shop for the winter, it’s normal to wonder where all the little creatures have gone. For most invertebrates, the answer …
Leave The Leaves! These Invertebrates Depend On It. Read More »
Come join Kass Urban-Mead, Xerces Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist, for an adventure exploring how wild bees use the woods–from the leafy forest floor to the tippy top of …
Pollinators in the woods? The place of wild bees in a changing forested landscape Read More »
To help ensure healthy ecosystems and successful harvests, pollinator conservation is essential. For many people, pollinator conservation is synonymous with the honey bee and beekeeping, but the story is bigger …
Authors:Julie Blaker, Pittman Center Firewise Committee CoordinatorKristine Johnson, Pittman Center Bee City and Firewise CommitteesGlenn Taylor, Pittman Center Firewise Photographer USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 6Common invasive plants: kudzu, multiflora rose, …
Affiliate Spotlight: Pittman Center’s Firewise Goat Project Read More »
While the term “park” often brings to mind a neatly maintained area with vegetation limited to turf, lawn, and trees—the naturalistic landscapes created by park architects of past centuries, for example—parks can be so much more than green places with tidy plants.
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