Resources & links

Pollinators Populations in Crisis

The National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/pollinators/pollinators-in-trouble.htm

US Fish and Wildlife Service
https://www.fws.gov/pollinators/

Center for Biological Diversity
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-falls-again-2021-02-25

Scientific America
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/insect-ldquo-armageddon-rdquo-5-crucial-questions-answered

 

Wildflower Pollinator Gardens & Seed Resources

The first five are Favorites

The Wild Seed Project
https://wildseedproject.net 

The University of Vermont
https://www.uvm.edu/extension/pollinator-resources

The Vermont Wildflower Farm
https://www.vermontwildflowerfarm.com/guides.html

Monarch Watch
https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/free-milkweeds-for-restoration

The National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/pollinators/getinvolved.htm

Ecological Landscape Alliance
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/11/landscaping-for-wildlife/wildlife-habitats/more-than-just-a-pollinator-garden/

The Grass Root Project
https://grassrootproject.org/what-we-do/our-mission

US Forest Service
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/gardening.shtml

Michigan State University
https://pollinators.msu.edu/resources/pollinator-planting/

Prairie Nursery
https://www.prairienursery.com/pre-planned-gardens/gardens-for-pollinators-and-wildlife

Inspiration

The Sound of Millions of Monarch Butterflies
https://youtu.be/u7SSt0hqu6Y