Pollinator Project Rogue Valley

By Julia Babb for Pollinator Project Rogue Valley We hear a good deal about bees, butterflies and hummingbirds as pollinators. But I have also heard about bats being pollinators, so I wondered if any of our Oregon bats were nectar eaters and could be considered “Pollineighbors”. An hour on the internet finally yielded an excellent list of 15 bats common (but endangered) in Oregon. They are all insect eaters, though--not nectar eating pollinators. Huh! Our bats couldn’t care l

By Kristina Lefever for the Tidings October 1, 2019 ~ As a pollinator person, I don’t usually get excited about lawns. And city parks, schoolyards, and public green spaces make me a little nervous, because I think about the toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers that are probably being used in these places where people congregate, pets romp, and children play. How many people dream of the day when every park, schoolyard, and green space on publicly owned property in the