Louise Washer

A Collaborative Approach to Monarch Butterfly Conservation By Robyn Elman When you drive along the highways, parkways and roads of Queens in NYC in the summer, you’re bound to pass large sections of beautiful flowering milkweed, among the flat mowed grasses. These areas are roped off and maintained by the Monarch Recovery Project, NYC in coordination with NYC Parks and NYC DOT. Sounds like a no-brainer: less work for city workers, and more habitat for monarchs and other pollinators, ...

Photo credit: Licking County Pollinator Pathway The Pollinator Pathway-led project provides free site preparation training and native seed mixes to landowners willing to convert underused grass on a portion of their property into a wildflower meadow. In partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, The Dawes Arboretum, OSU Extension, Licking Land Trust, and Licking Soil & Water Conservation District, the Licking County Pollinator Pathway coordinated eight...

Help document the diversity of pollinators in gardens created by the Pollinator Pathway community! Anyone, anywhere in the world, can join. Submit observations of pollinators you see in your own Pollinator Pathway garden, or in public gardens with the Pollinator Pathway sign. Please only submit observations from "official" Pollinator Pathway gardens/habitats. This will help keep our data consistent. Members will have access to journal postings from our project administrator, and we will be...