National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them. It is celebrated on June 22-28, 2020.
Sustainable Cleveland kicked off National Pollinator Week with a speaker series featuring 5 experts in their respective fields. Our speakers discussed their work in citizen science, community engagement, research, education and gardening.
To learn more about National Pollinator Week, please visit:
https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week
And to learn more, visit the LEAP Pollinator page:
https://www.leapbio.org/resources/pollinators
A video of the all presentations may be found here.
Click on the title of each presentation below for information and resources about each topic and speaker
Project Wingspan: Spreading Wings and Seeds across the Midwest
Amber Barnes - Wildlife Conservation Ecologist, Pollinator Partnership
Bringing Nature Home: in our park, in our yard, in our neighborhood
John Barber and Peggy Spaeth, co-chairs Friends of Lower Lake
Life in a contaminated habitat: How heavy metals affect the common eastern bumble bee
Sarah Scott, Entomology graduate student, Gardiner Lab, The Ohio State University
Denise Ellsworth, Program Director of Pollinator Education, OSU Department of Entomology
What is that plant and how do I get it?
Amy Roskilly, Conservation Education & Communications Manager, Cuyahoga Soil & Water