Pollinators

The Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership (GAPP), a Forest Service collaboration designed to foster pollinator habitat in the region, encourages citizens to be friends to pollinators by planting native species and establishing community gardens in their neighborhoods and schools.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced 23 grant awards totaling more than $3.77 million for projects to help conserve the monarch butterfly in North America.

The National Pollinator Garden Network is convening on Oct 16 in Alexandria, VA to announce progress on the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.

Schlitz Audubon recently confirmed multiple Rusty Patched Bumble Bees (Bombus affinis) on our property. This bee is the only Federally Endangered Species within Milwaukee County and is listed as a Species of Special Concern in Wisconsin.

Pollinators, such as the monarch butterfly and the rusty patched bumble bee (listed in March as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), recently have made headlines due to declining populations, primarily from habitat loss.