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Jana Hogan

Jul 8, 2022

Westchester Pollinator Garden Tour

Help the Pollinator Pathway Win $1000 With A Quick Vote for Charity of the Month

Louise Washer

Jul 1, 2022

Help the Pollinator Pathway Win $1000 With A Quick Vote for Charity of the Month

Vote here to help the Pollinator Pathway become Fairfield County Bank's Charity of the Month. You can help us win $1000 by voting every...

Three Bills to Protect Pollinators Pending in Massachusetts

Louise Washer

Jun 29, 2022

Three Bills to Protect Pollinators Pending in Massachusetts

Our friends at the Massachusetts Pollinator Network have put out a call to action! Here is the MAPN template for calls or letters to...

Congress May Be About to Act to Support Wildlife!

Louise Washer

Jun 27, 2022

Congress May Be About to Act to Support Wildlife!

Congress seems ready to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA), described by New York Times writer Margaret Renkl as "the...

New York Fails to Pass the Birds & Bees Protection Act

Louise Washer

Jun 24, 2022

New York Fails to Pass the Birds & Bees Protection Act

Widespread and wasteful use of neonicotinoid pesticides drives dramatic declines in bees and other pollinators, which threaten the...

Eco59 Native Plant Sale Pre-Order For June 25th Pickup

Deepika Saksena

Jun 19, 2022

Eco59 Native Plant Sale Pre-Order For June 25th Pickup

A few of the nurseries that are involved with Eco59 and CT NOFA's Ecotype Project have put together an end of spring plant sale at the...

Get Ideas For Your Garden, Plan a Native Garden Tour!

Deepika Saksena

Jun 19, 2022

Get Ideas For Your Garden, Plan a Native Garden Tour!

Thanks to Your Advocacy CT Bill Passes to Ban the Use of Pesticide Chlorpyrifos on Golf Courses!

Louise Washer

May 4, 2022

Thanks to Your Advocacy CT Bill Passes to Ban the Use of Pesticide Chlorpyrifos on Golf Courses!

Thank you to everyone who helped get a new pesticide bill passed in CT. The bill will ban chlorpyrifos from golf courses, where it is...

Happy Earth Day! Pollinator Pathway on CBS News

Louise Washer

Apr 22, 2022

Happy Earth Day! Pollinator Pathway on CBS News

For Earth Week, CBS news profiled two of the original organizers of the Pollinator Pathway in a not-yet-cleaned-up backyard in Norwalk,...

Time to Act on Banning Pollinator-Killing Neonics in CT

Louise Washer

Mar 18, 2022

Time to Act on Banning Pollinator-Killing Neonics in CT

We have a bill, much like the one that just passed in New Jersey, to ban the most harmful neonicotinoids from use on commercial and...

Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2021

Louise Washer

Jan 14, 2022

Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2021

Senator Cory Booker has introduced legislation to reform the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which regulates...

Linking Habitat Development to Educational Programming and Stewardship

Charles (CJ) Reilly III

Jan 12, 2022

Linking Habitat Development to Educational Programming and Stewardship

As the O’Hara Nature Center (ONC) has grown and developed from 2012 to its present state, the grounds and gardens offer sustainable ways...

Putnam County Village Converts Mugwort Mess to Pollinator Garden

Heidi Wendel

Jan 12, 2022

Putnam County Village Converts Mugwort Mess to Pollinator Garden

By Heidi Wendel Nelsonville, the Putnam County village next to Cold Spring, is called the “Hikers Hamlet” for its walkable access to the...

Louise Washer

Jan 11, 2022

It’s Time for Action on Pesticides!

Please take action TODAY by calling your legislators and asking them to support legislation to PROTECT PEOPLE, PETS and POLLINATORS from...

Call to Action: Help us celebrate and support the Ecotype Project!

Deepika Saksena

Jan 7, 2022

Call to Action: Help us celebrate and support the Ecotype Project!

A new source for seeds and plants native to the Ecoregion 59, the Northeastern Coastal Zone, produced on local farms from seed...

Cathy Ludden

Dec 3, 2021

Turning Over an Old Leaf

As we learn more about the critical relationships between plants, insects, and birds, the best advice we are getting about fall leaf...

Attention New Yorkers! Sign & Share this Petition to Support the Birds & Bees Protection Act

Louise Washer

Nov 4, 2021

Attention New Yorkers! Sign & Share this Petition to Support the Birds & Bees Protection Act

Help pass the NY Birds & Bees Protection Act in 2022! Spread the word by signing, downloading, and sharing this petition. If you are...

Jana Hogan

Oct 21, 2021

EPA Drops the Ball After “Organic” Herbicide Is Found to Contain Hazardous Chemicals

By Mary Gaudet-Wilson Recently a Pollinator Pathway member asked the Steering Committee about the safety of an “organic” herbicide called...

Fields of Gold Plant Goldenrod for Specialist Bees and Migrating Monarchs

Jana Hogan

Sep 1, 2021

Fields of Gold Plant Goldenrod for Specialist Bees and Migrating Monarchs

By Elizabeth Craig, Wilton, CT Pollinator Pathway Goldenrods (Solidago spp.) and asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) are the two most important...

Roundup Withdrawn for Residential Uses in 2023

Jana Hogan

Aug 17, 2021

Roundup Withdrawn for Residential Uses in 2023

Mary Wilson Pollinator Pathway Steering Committee Protect Our Pollinators founding member Bayer (Monsanto) recently announced that it...

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