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May 8 South Mountain Speakers Event Showcases Importance Of Pollinators In Our Everyday Lives, Cumberland County
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The South Mountain Speakers Series will host a “Pollinators and Their Habitat” program on May 8 featuring a presentation by Brandon Hoover, Director of Sustainability at Messiah College in Boyer Hall room 131 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. Attendees will learn about the role pollinators like bees and butterflies play in our food production, how and why bees make honey, and how you can help improve the number of pollinators in the environment. Time allowing, participants will have a chance to visit the college’s bee hives to learn why they keep their own bees, so please dress accordingly (closed toed shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt or jacket). According to the Pollinator Partnership, between 75 and 95 percent of all flowering plants need pollinators to thrive. That means that 1 out of every three bites of food you eat would not be here without pollinators. Pollinators also add $217 billion dollars to the global economy. That’s a big deal for such a small creature! Hoover said, “We’re doing a disservice if we’re not talking about pollinators and the need for pollinators. Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have tomatoes, squash, zucchini, so they’re an important part of the agricultural system.” Hoover hopes attendees to the speakers series will come to a greater understanding of biodiversity through learning about bees. “To pay attention to the flowers that the bees are pollinating, and by encouraging more native flowers in their yard will ultimately help bees,” said Hoover. Parking will be available in the visitors lot on campus for this event. Next Program The next program in the Speakers Series will be on June 11 with a presentation on “Appreciating The PA Local Craft Brew Industry” and will be held at the Appalachian Brewing Company in Shippensburg. The South Mountain Speakers Series is presented as a revival of the Michaux Lectures, a series of talks given by Joseph Rothrock to build a groundswell of public support for his work to preserve and restore Pennsylvania’s forested landscape. The late 19th century Michaux Lectures were an educational mission that catalyzed real change in Pennsylvania’s environmental history. As we face the challenges of the 21st century, the South Mountain Speakers Series is intended to encourage a new generation to find in the past a positive vision for the future of the South Mountain landscape. The South Mountain landscape is an area in Southcentral Pennsylvania of nearly a half-million acres in size and includes portions of Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York counties. For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the South Mountain Partnership website. To learn more about similar initiatives in other areas of the state, visit DCNR’s Conservation Landscapes webpage. NewsClips: Bay Journal-Crable: Eastern Hellbender Named PA State Amphibian, Clean Water Ambassador Schneck: Hellbender’s Return: What’s Being Done For PA’s New Official Amphibian? Governor Signs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender Sen. Yaw: Naming Hellbender State Amphibian Promotes Education, Environment Thomas: How Many Hellbenders Live In Western PA? Group To Search This Summer Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly’s Favorite Tree Could Be Targeted In PA As Noxious Weed Research Award Creates Buzz Around Penn State Pollinator Studies Swarm Of Bees Creates Buzz On Side Of Lancaster Building Learn From Experts At Centre County Native Plant Festival & Sale Will American Chestnut Trees Stage Comeback Near Bethlehem’s Reservoirs? Crews Plant Hundreds Of Hybrid Chestnut Trees On Earth Day In Carbon County - Video Invasive Gobies Threaten French Creek’s Endangered Mussels Related Story: Apply Now For South Mountain Partnership Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants By May 31 Related Story This Week: Pennsylvania Declares Eastern Hellbender As Official State Amphibian, Clean Water Ambassador Pollinator/Native Plant Resources There are lots of resources available to help property owners landscape with native plants, and now is the best time to start planning for Spring projects. Here are just of a few of the resources available-- -- DCNR Landscaping With Native Plants -- Game Commission: Common Beneficial Plants Found In Wildlife Habitat -- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Native Plants For Wildlife Habitat And Conservation Landscaping -- Chesapeake Bay Sustainable Landscape Professional Directory -- Brandywine Conservancy: Forested Riparian Buffer Planting Guide -- Audubon PA: Bird Habitat Recognition Program -- National Audubon: Native Plants Database -- Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation -- Gardening For Butterflies: Penn State Extension -- Planting For Pollinators: Penn State Extension -- Center For Pollinator Research, Penn State -- Pennsylvania Pollinator Protection Plan - Learn Why Pollinators Are At Risk In PA -- Ernst Seeds - Pollinator Habitat Restoration -- Million Pollinator Garden Challenge You can also check with land trusts, watershed groups, PA Audubon and Trout Unlimited Chapters, county conservation districts or other groups near you to see how they can help. Related Stories: Senate Hearing: Non-Native, Invasive Plant Species And Preserving Pollinators Manada Conservancy Offers Native Plant Landscape Design Service [Recommended] Feature: Recognizing The Value Of Native Plants For Pollinators - Dr. Doug Tallamy Agriculture, Penn State Release PA Pollinator Protection Plan Recommendations Pollinator Population Is Going Down In PA Due To Pesticides, Parasites And Pathogens [Posted: April 23, 2019] |
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4/29/2019 |
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