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Crown Bees: The Little Native Bee Company with a Big Heart
“It's about progressing research and passing that knowledge to the practitioners … the piece that's now starting to grow is helping the growers, the farmers, learn how to manage the bee.”
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Biodiversity is Life Initiative: A Beacon of Hope in the Native Plant Movement
Biodiversity is Life is setting out with a groundbreaking initiative to reconnect people with nature through native plants. By offering free native plants on a 40-acre campus in Fort Worth, founder Wallace Hall hopes to inspire a new generation of homeowners to foster biodiversity in urban landscapes, combating the loss of natural habitats while creating new sanctuaries for wildlife.
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Community Connection Fuels Restoration Efforts, with The Understory Initiative
Driven by passion and a deep connection to the land, Kathryn Prive's journey from liberal arts to leading The Understory Initiative showcases how community collaboration and a focus on native plants are reshaping southern Oregon's approach to habitat restoration and wildfire management.
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Saving the Small but Mighty: A Conversation with Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Our conversation with the Xerces Society explores their journey from butterfly conservation to a global mission of protecting all invertebrates, and why you should care about these "little things that run the world."
By KIRBY JAY
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Texas Master Naturalists Celebrate 25 Years of Positive Action
A conversation with Texas Master Naturalists discussing ecological improvement efforts conducted across the state over the last 25 years.
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Local Natives: The Importance of Native Plant Genetics with Randy Johnson Organics
Randy Johnson, the namesake behind Randy Johnson Organics, has made it his mission to rescue as many native plants as possible from the remnants of Blackland Prairie that are slated to succumb to the endless appetite of urban sprawl. Enveloped in the seeds of these plants are their invaluable genetics, which are essential to the foundation of the local ecosystem.
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Texas Discovery Gardens: The Philosophy Behind a Sustainable Sanctuary
Discover how this urban oasis pioneers sustainable gardening practices and champions native plants.
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Urban Oasis: Madison’s Dixon Greenway Goes Native for Pollinators
Discover the remarkable Dixon Greenway Habitat Enhancement Project in the heart of urban Madison, Wisconsin, where a small patch of land has been transformed into a thriving sanctuary for pollinators and wildlife.
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ButterBiking: Bicycling the Monarch Migration Route with Sara Dykman
Discover the extraordinary journey of biologist Sara Dykman, who cycled 10,000 miles along the monarch butterfly migration route, founded an innovative research project, and championed environmental action through experiential learning.
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Apples to Apples: How Integrated Pest Management sets some growers apart
By deploying methods such as soil preparation, monitoring and pest disruption techniques, the IPM Institute of North America aims to educate growers while empowering them to drastically reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides in their agricultural operations.
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Creating Critical Habitat: A Conversation with the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund
What began as a dedicated group of beekeepers, wildlife biologists and researchers concerned with ever-diminishing pollinator habitat, has blossomed into a 12-state program in the upper Midwest that is transforming swaths of land into vibrant habitat and foraging grounds.
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Hudson Valley Gardener: 'We must bring nature to our doorsteps’
“As humanity spreads into every corner of the planet, we need to find a better approach to our home spaces. There isn’t enough room to have an ‘us’ and ‘them.’”
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Perennial Pasture and Pollinators: Three Brothers Farm transforms a landscape
A family's mission to "produce food in a way that is in respect with the natural world.”
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Night Moves: Big Bat Box unpacks bat houses and the importance of the species
A conversation on bat houses that can help them rebuild populations and ecosystems.
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A Budding Technology: Gene Wisakowsky talks sunfleck mimicry for greenhouses
How a groundbreaking lighting system may change the way we grow food.
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The Architecture and Aesthetics of Mother Nature: A conversation with Whole Trees Structures
Championing sustainable forestry management with Mother Nature as the engineer
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One man’s journey to save turtles around the world and in his own backyard
Chris Marshall is doing his part on the shores of Texas: The biologist has studied turtles around the globe, but now runs an innovative group at TAMUG
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Bat Conservation International bringing back bat populations
Bat Conservational International is redefining what is possible in global conservation ... starting with bats.
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‘Killing the Shepherd’ tells powerful true story of poaching’s impact in Africa
Local chieftainess teamed with safari operator to battle poachers, improve her people’s lives
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Ralph Duesing's journey as architect to also a garden designer
Duesing is not an ordinary garden designer as he incorporates gardens to the architecture of the house ...