Introducing WiWiC Summer Camp 2026: Get Up Close and Personal with Invertebrates!

It's Pollinator Month, and the perfect time to announce WiWiC Summer Camp 2026 - which is all about invertebrates!

That's right - we're getting up close and personal with those tiny (and sometimes not so tiny) conservation co-conspirators without backbones that fly, crawl, squirm, and creep through your fields and gardens, doing good work alongside you. This three-part webinar series is brought to you in partnership with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. We are particularly grateful for the work of Kathryn Prince, Xerces' Wisconsin Pollinator Conservation Specialist, in organizing these fascinating topics and presenters.

Our first Summer Camp lunch Zoom on June 18, presented by Kathryn, will focus on learning how to PLAN HABITAT that meets both your goals and the needs of these hard-working helpers.

Conservation planning advice often begins by asking us to take a step back, think about the goals we have for our land, and then make changes to achieve our goals. In this webinar, we'll shift the conversation to also consider what the land itself might need. Learn about the many invisible food webs that surround us, the foundational role invertebrates play in them, and how to share your land with bugs for both their benefit and yours. 

"Invertebrates are all around us, sometimes even when we don't want them to be. What would happen if we invited them into our human spaces, or even designed our spaces to purposely include them? In this series, we'll explore the world of bugs in ways you may not have thought about before. Learn how making space for them in our lives makes our homes, farms, pastures, and planet better." -Kathryn Prince, Xerces Society

Summer Camp webinars are casual, live lunch Zooms, with expert guidance but plenty of time for interaction. Bring questions, eat lunch, sip coffee, drink tea, and be in community with like-minded women learning together to heal the earth. Pets and children are welcome on screen!

Register for each of these exciting webinars separately by clicking on the graphics to get the links.

Love content like this? Help us create MORE webinars and facilitate more field days! Donate to our Spring Fund Drive and help keep WiWiC's actionable conservation adventures accessible to all women, all across the state. We have one month left to meet our goal of $6,000.