Online Educational Opportunity: Pollinator Week – June 21-27, 2021

Did you know that June 21-27, 2021 is Pollinator Week? Check out the USDA Pollinator Week Webinar Series. Register here (https:/home/wp_tc8tsf/mnofwv.org/www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_5giJkARITpWt2weciXAo2g).

  • Monday, June 21
    • 12:00 pm ET – Edward Henry, National Ecologist, USDA
      Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | NRCS
      Pollinator Conservation Success Stories
    • 1:00 pm ET – Gail Langellotto, Professor of Horticulture,
      Oregon State University | Selecting Garden Plants for
      Pollinators
    • 2:00 pm ET – Eric McTaggert, Acting Conservation Planning
      Branch Chief, USDA NRCS |Technical and Financial
      Assistance
  • Tuesday, June 22
    • 12:00 pm ET – Matthew Wilson, Food Sovereignty Director,
      Sicangu Community Development Corporation | 7Gen Food
      System
    • 1:00 pm ET – Diana Cox-Foster, Research Leader, USDA
      Agricultural Research Service (ARS) | Who Are the Bees
    • 2:00 pm ET – Jon Koch, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS
      | Discovering the Secret Life of the Humble Bumble Bee
  • Wednesday, June 23
    • 12:00 pm ET – Theresa Pitts-Singer, Research Entomologist,
      USDA ARS |Solitary Bees Aggregate for U.S. Crops
    • 1:00 pm ET – Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Research Leader,
      USDA ARS |How Seasonal Flowers Support the Yearly Cycle
      of Honey Bee Colonies
    • 2:00 pm ET – Vanessa Corby-Harris, Research Physiologist,
      USDA ARS |What Does a Bee Colony Do in the Winter
  • Thursday, June 24
    • 12:00 pm ET – Susannah Lerman, Research Ecologist, U.S.
      Forest Service | The Lazy Lawnmower: A Simple Way to
      Help Native Bees
    • 1:00 pm ET – Byron Love, Entomologist, USDA ARS
      |Impact of Wildfire on Native Bees
    • 2:00 pm ET – Will Glenny, PhD Student, Montana State
      University | Assessing Pollinator Friendliness of Native Plants
      for Restoration on Wildlands
  • Friday, June 25
    • 12:00 pm ET – Sammy Ramsey, Research Fellow, USDA
      ARS |The Threat Posed by Tropilealaps mercedesae to Honey
      Bees and Native Bees
    • 1:00 pm ET – Cameron Douglass, Agronomist, USDA Office
      of Pest Management Policy |Integrated Pest and Pollinator
      Management
    • 2:00 pm ET – Anne LeBrun, National Policy Manager,
      USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service | Asian Giant
      Hornet

(More info on Pollinator Week: https:/home/wp_tc8tsf/mnofwv.org/www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week) -jmb

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  1. Was this program recorded?

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