Magnificent to Macabre
Some recent fun stories and a couple of interesting tidbits from the butterfly world of New Mexico and elsewhere.
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Nature News
There’s always something happening outdoors on the Pajarito Plateau!
Are Butterflies Good Pollinators? It’s complicated.
Are butterflies good pollinators? Or, do they pollinate by accident? Does it matter? You decide.
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A Spring Interlude in Southern AZ and CA
Somehow it came to be June. How did that happen? This month we have an announcement, a nice story about Stanfords’ Blue by Joshua C’deBaca, and a couple travel stories from yours truly.
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PEEC Nature Center & Bee City Los Alamos conduct Citizen Science
PEEC & Bee City are creating a native pollinator list and encourage you to join our iNaturalist Citizen Science project to help track and identify native pollinators & the plants they frequent.
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It’s Spring and Butterflyers are Getting Busy
A couple of brief but important announcements and then a wonderful surprise out of Portales.
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Celebrating the Night: New Mexico DarkSky Chapter Unites for the Preservation of Starry Skies
On Friday, December 1st, sixty-odd people met in Socorro for the first statewide meeting of the newest chapter of DarkSky International: New Mexico DarkSky.
Why Does It Matter?
Insects are responsible for around 85% of the critical pollination of plants. Without them a cascade of events happens. The food we rely on slowly disappears, birds die of hunger, and biodiversity crashes. What can we do to help?
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How do we shift our thinking?
To really help pollinators we need to make a shift from traditional, sterile landscapes to wilder, more native plantings, reduce pesticide use and leave Fall leaves and stems.
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PEEC is delighted to announce Bee City Los Alamos!
Los Alamos County is an official Bee City USA affiliate as of 2/16/2024. We hold monthly, public committee meetings and will be hosting educational events throughout the year to raise awareness about pollinators and how to help protect them.
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