The 9th year of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal (MWT) Youth Camp was another success! Since 2012, tribal youth have participated in a month-long, hands-on interactive Summer Science Program, serving 6th, 7th, and 8th grade native students. This is a partnership…
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Friends of MNWR Help Create New Pollinator Garden at Red Brook Road. Spring is eternal, and so are perennials! With relaxed pandemic restrictions and some cooperation from the weather, the Friends of MNWR (FMNWR) have been busy tending our Pollinator…
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Take 5: Native Plants that Pollinators Love. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the biodiversity of our entire ecosystem depends on pollinators. Animals like birds, bees, bats, butterflies, moths, and other insects feed on plants, and in doing so,…
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From the Pollinator Partnership… Take Part in Pollinator Week! From the Pollinator Partnership… Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. It’s a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we can…
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Join the Xerces Society in Supporting Legislation to Help Boost Western Monarch Populations Please join the Xerces Society in asking your U.S. senators and representatives to pass two bills that will provide critical protections for pollinators. Monarch and Pollinator Highway…
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Monarch Butterfly Conservation Webinar Series. The Monarch Joint Venture (MJV) is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to protect the monarch migration across the United States. The MJV recently announced the…
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Monarch Butterfly Conservation Webinar Series The Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), is hosting a series of webinars on monarch biology, monitoring, and conservation. The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Webinar Series spans a…
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fails to Designate Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. As reported by the Xerces Society on 9/1/2020: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decided to not designate critical habitat for the rusty patched…
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New Pollinator Boxes! Senior Environment Corps (SEC) recently constructed new nest boxes for our pollinator gardens using COVID-19 CDC social distancing guidelines. These boxes mimic the typical nesting habitat for native species such as leafcutter bees and mason bees, who…
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It’s pollinator week! Please consider planting native plants that produce nectar and pollen as food sources for the wide range of native pollinators we have in Mashpee! Most people think bees are the only pollinators – but there are many…
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