Summer Camp Continues! Session #2 is All About Grazing with Bugs and Session #1 is Now Available to Rewatch
- Kriss Marion
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
We are really enjoying getting DEEP into the weeds on bugs for our 2026 Summer Camp. Many thanks to Kathryn Prince at Xerces Society for partnering with us to plan this series. TOMORROW we have our second session, and this one is presented by Xerces and Audubon Society. Check out these awesome presenters!
Karin Jokela, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Xerces Society, NRCS Partner Biologist, Minnesota
Karin is a pollinator conservation specialist with the Xerces Society. She collaborates with NRCS staff in Minnesota and Wisconsin to provide individual consulting to farmers on habitat restoration and biodiversity conservation, and serves as an adviser to staff of other conservation organizations. Karin received her M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Iowa State University. She and her husband also steward land near Cannon Falls, MN, where they have managed a variety of enterprises, including organic vegetables, a native plant nursery, Kernza, a hazelnut orchard, and small ruminant livestock, among others. Biodiversity cultivation is a central tenet of their operation.
Krysten Zummo, Range Ecologist, National Audubon Society
Krysten is a Range Ecologist with the National Audubon Society’s Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Regions. She works with grazing landowners in Minnesota, Iowa, & Wisconsin for certification through Audubon's Conservation Ranching program. This program recognizes beef and bison operations that utilize rotational/regenerative grazing practices as a key management tool for bird and other wildlife habitat. Previously, she has worked with private landowners as a Farm Bill Biologist with Pheasants Forever and through conservation easements with Mississippi Valley Conservancy, a regional land trust in southwestern Wisconsin. She is a life-long birder and spends her free time exploring the Driftless Area with her partner Thomas and their dog Bodhi.
Session 1 is now live on YouTube, so if you missed it, you can watching there and learn all about how to PLAN for invertebrate habitat and welcome this important tiny critters into your life!
And don't forget to sign up for the final webinar on NIGHT POLLINATION. Just click the graphic below to get the link -
