Filtering by tag: pollinator conservation

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NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Become Pollinator Ambassadors

Across North Carolina, the local N.C. Cooperative Extension Center is the go-to resource for gardening advice. Most offices are supported by NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers, experts in…

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Get Ready to Count! Join the 2026 Great Southeast Pollinator Census Across North Carolina

On Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22, 2026, North Carolina will join states across the Southeast for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census. All it takes is 15 minutes sitting by a single…

Growing Small Farms
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Workshop & Native Plant Sale: Creating Biodiverse Habitat for Pollinators & Other Wildlife

Registration Is Open!Workshop and Native Plant Sale: Creating Biodiverse Habitat for Pollinators and Other WildlifeJust in time to plan for the fall planting season, the Chatham County Center of…

Lee County Center
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Less is More- Lazy Best Practices for Gardening For Pollinators

When we think about helping bees and butterflies, we usually think about adding things to the landscape: buying more plants, building insect hotels, or spreading bags of seed. But since June is…

Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
A Durham community member counts pollinators and records the number counted in a verdant demonstration garden for the 2025 Great Southeast Pollinator Census .

See How Pollinator Census Participation Makes a Difference in the 2025 Annual Report

Can participating in community science help support pollinators? The answer is yes!The Great Southeast Pollinator Census (GSEPC) is a large-scale data-collection effort that helps scientists track…

Lee County Center
mining bee with pollen sticking to her back legs

Friend or Foe? Protecting Pollinators in the Ground

As the days begin to lengthen and the "Persephone Days" come to an end, Lee County residents often notice a flurry of activity in their lawns: small mounds of soil and hundreds of tiny hovering…

Extension Gardener
Person in yellow-black bee costume posing under tent while woman photographs them at an outdoor fair

From the Mountains to the Sea: the Great Southeast Pollinator Census is a success in 2025

Across the hills of Transylvania County, the urban gardens of Wake and Durham, and the coastal fields of Currituck, North Carolinians spent a weekend in August doing something remarkable: they…

Growing Small Farms
Monarch butterfly perched on a green leaf beside yellow wildflowers against a blue sky

Monarch Butterfly Proposed for Listing Under the US Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced on December 10 that they are proposing to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.Scientists estimate that…

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Great Southeast Pollinator Census 2026 Banner- The Census is on August 21 and 22 in 2026

Great Southeast Pollinator Census in NC

What is the Great Southeast Pollinator Census?Help us capture a snapshot of pollinator activity in communities across North Carolina, including the types of pollinators and which flowers they visit,…

Lee County Center
Tracie in PollExtension Master Gardener Volunteer Tracie taking data for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census in the Pollinator Haven Garden in 2024inator Garden

Notes From the Garden Lab: Contributions to Science From the Pollinator Haven Garden

I have always taken the philosophy that gardens are living classrooms, full of lessons we can learn if we can just spare a few moments to stop and observe what it is trying to tell us. You can see…