Video: Attracting pollinators to our restoration sites
With the help of partners, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the University of Minnesota, volunteers are hunting for bumble bees in prairie restored by Great River Greening, to tell us what we are doing right – and what we could do better – to manage for both plants and pollinators.
Webinar on the key to restoration success
Planning to Avoid Pitfalls: The Key to Restoration SuccessAt the invitation of Restoring Minnesota Ecological Restoration Training Cooperative - Practitioner's Network, Wiley Buck, Great River Greening Restoration Ecologist and Program Manager, discussed the elements of a "Thorough Restoration Plan," from implementation to photo-monitoring, and the importance of a maintenance schedule and landowner commitment. Joining him was Dan Shaw, Senior Ecologist/Vegetation Specialist at the Board of Water and Soil Resources.
Plant list for monarch butterflies in the midwest
Great River Greening contributed to a study by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), to compile list of the best milkweed and other nectar-rich species for private landowners to plant along field borders, in buffers along waterways or around wetlands, in pastures, and other suitable locations.