Native pollinators are in decline, but the good news is there are many ways we all can help. Join Laura Rost, National Coordinator of Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA at the Xerces Society, and Pamela Cowart-Rickman, photo editor at Washington College, to learn how communities across the US are joining together to make their cities and schools better for pollinators.
Laura Rost supports communities working to reduce pesticide use and protect native pollinators. She has been with the Xerces Society since 2014, first working in membership. Before Xerces, she worked for a variety of environmental groups on issues ranging from instream water rights to green building. Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and has a certificate in nonprofit management from Southern Oregon University (the first Bee Campus!). She is on the board of the North Clackamas Watersheds Council in Milwaukie, Oregon (a recently certified Bee City).
Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA unite people to make their communities better for pollinators, in particular native bees, by adding high-quality habitat and reducing pesticides. Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA are initiatives of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Visit beecityusa.org to learn more.
