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A group of citizens, conservation and agricultural organizations, government agencies, utilities and agribusinesses committed to pollinator conservation.

Arkansas, USA
Joined March 2017
Here's a great article that highlights how Arkansans can be great stewards of the land! Collaboration for conservation at its finest. 🦋🐝 The Vogelpohls are also featured in our Wings of Hope video that is also included in the article. Enjoy! fws.gov/southeast/articles/m…
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Free Milkweed for Schools and NonProfits Application biosurvey.ku.edu/application…
Our friends at The Xerces Society are on a quest for bumble bee nests! 🐝 We know bumble bees have three basic needs: food in the form of nectar and pollen, nest sites, and overwintering sites. Of these three habitat... xerces.org/2019/03/26/quest-…
Our conservation partners with AGFC, NRCS, and Quail Forever are bringing a new landowner assistance program to North Arkansas that can help you create quality habitat for quail and pollinators alike. If you have land in these areas, look into how... facebook.com/ArkansasMonarch…
The Big Rock Chapter of Quail Forever hosted a Youth Pollinator Habitat Event for the Glen Rose School District last Friday. Kids learned about pollinators, native plants, and habitat before getting to help hand seed an area to native forbs and grasses! facebook.com/story.php?story…
Replace those bad smelling Bradford pear trees with a native flowering tree to be more Pollinator friendly! fayettevilleflyer.com/2019/0…
Tropical milkweed is not the answer to Monarch declines. The OE pathogen can be a problem here as tropical milkweed has been shown to overwinter in... xerces.org/2018/04/19/tropic…
This is a great program that folks should be using. We can help our local courses sign up and create habitat. It's a win for the resource, a win for the course in reduced maintenance, and a win for us with some great publicity! Monarchs in the... monarchsintherough.org/
This article is a great example of state agency partnerships resulting in pollinator habitat and cost savings! This article was published in the February issue of The Municipal, about work happening in Ohio. If... facebook.com/197139044105919…
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The official Monarch count is in for the year, and there was a good jump in the population! We must still continue to work hard to put more habitat on the ground to make sure we can keep levels increasing. xitter.cf/jnp_mn/status/10906715…