Video of WiWiC Summer Camp Lunch #1: Increase Pollinator Habitat
About 130 women joined together the last Thursday of May for our first Conservation Summer Camp Lunch Zoom. You can watch or re-watch Conservation Coach Sally Farrar and Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Biologist Britta Petersen on the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute YouTube Channel.
Please join our next state-wide Conservation Summer Camp Lunch zoom on June 24 from noon to 1pm. The topic, by popular demand, is Build Healthy Soil. Register for free.
Britta also included these resources:
Companion to Summer Camp Conservation Session, Increase Pollinator Habitat
May 27, 2021
Pheasants Forever and Farm Bill Biologists
Find a Biologist http://www.pheasantsforever.org/habitat/findbiologist.aspx
Pheasants Forever homepage https://www.pheasantsforever.org/
The WI PF Team’s FB page https://www.facebook.com/pheasantsforeverwisconsin
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Farming for Bees https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/15-007_04_XercesSoc_Farming-for-Bees-Guidelines_web.pdf
Farming With Soil Life https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-with-soil-life
Nesting and Overwinter Habitat for Pollinators https://www.xerces.org/publications/fact-sheets/nesting-overwintering-habitat
Pollinator Plants https://www.xerces.org/publications/plant-lists/pollinator-plants-great-lakes-region
Cover Cropping for Pollinators https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/cover-cropping-for-pollinators-and-beneficial-insects
Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Plantings https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment
Pollinator Habitat Establishment https://xerces.org/publications/higs/upper-midwest-pollinator-meadow
Establishing Pollinator Meadows from seed https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed
Options for Citizen Science, Joining, Donations
Bumble Bee Brigade https://wiatri.net/inventory/bbb/
Monarch Joint Venture https://monarchjointventure.org/
The Prairie Enthusiasts https://www.theprairieenthusiasts.org/
Wisconsin DNR https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/endangeredresources/pollinators.html
Pheasants Forever https://www.pheasantsforever.org/
Pollinator Partnership https://www.pollinator.org/takeaction
WI Monarch Collaborative https://wiatri.net/Projects/Monarchs/habitat.cfm
Other
WI’s 1938 Aerial photos https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/#7/44.750/-89.750
Site prep methods (PF Webinar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ayqtG5O3GE&t=2s
Shrub planting methods (PF/Britta) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY17CKgm6ws&t=11s
EVENT!
Bridging the Gap For Butterflies https://pfqf.myeventscenter.com/search/?days=0&query=bridging+the+gap