Thank you to everyone who attended our What’s the Buzz About Bees event last week! Joyce Eckes compiled this list of resources for those interested in learning more.
Wild Ones (National)
Dwindling biodiversity is a threat to the foundation of life on Earth. In the last century alone, we’ve lost millions of acres of diverse ecosystems to urbanization. Native plants help protect and restore biodiversity, improve air and water quality and provide wildlife with quality food and shelter. Our vision is native plants and natural landscapes in every community.
Promoting environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the conservation, restoration and establishment of native plants.
Board of Water and Soil Resources
The restoration and protection of Minnesota’s water resources and sensitive lands is key to BWSR’s mission and the programs it administers. These programs help to improve water quality, provide wildlife and pollinator habitat, reduce soil erosion, restore soil health, reduce flooding impacts, and mitigate for lost wetland functions.
The Lawns to Legumes program offers a combination of workshops, coaching, planting guides and cost-share funding (individual support grants) for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns.
Metro Blooms partners with communities to create resilient landscapes and foster clean watersheds, embracing the values of equity and inclusion to solve environmental challenges.
Doug Tallamy & Michelle Alfandari
Homegrown National Park® (HNP) raises awareness and urgently inspires everyone to address the biodiversity crisis by adding native plants and removing invasive ones where we live, work, learn, pray and play.
UUCM Happenings 