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Protecting Biodiversity

How Important is Your Native Plant Garden?

August 12, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

How Important is Your Native Plant Garden?  Very!  Your native plants could mean the difference between life or death to birds, pollinators, and other insects—not to mention everything else further up the food chain. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Bee City, biodiversity, Green Wagon Project, ird Town, Media Borough, native plants, Tree Tenders, Xerces Society

Bet You Didn’t Know This

July 30, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Bet you didn’t know this: gas powered landscaping equipment— lawn mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, chain saws, and edgers—contribute to climate crisis, poor air quality, and insect decline. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, climate crisis, gas lawn mowers, gas leaf blowers, insect decline, ozone, Ryobi

Invasive Plants Destroy Ecosystems

June 24, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Are you aware that invasive plants destroy the ecosystems we are trying to protect by planting natives? Invasive trees, shrubs, vines, grasses and flowers crowd out forest ecosystems, out-compete natives, take over native plant habitats, and inhibit native plants from growing. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: climate crisis, ecosystems, environment, environmental steward, garlic mustard, ground ivy, invasive plants, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

Why Native Plants?

May 27, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Why native plants?  That’s a very important question.  Given our deteriorating ecosystems and declining bird and insect populations from human activity, we need to step up and help Nature repair the damage. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Homegrown National Park, keystone native plants, National Wildlife Native Plants Finder, native plants, pollinator pathway, TTGM Biodiversity Group

What’s Wrong with My Swamp Milkweed?

April 29, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Have you wondered what is causing milkweed leaves in your garden to look diseased?  The discoloration on the milkweed in the photo looks like a disease, but is actually caused by ground level ozone (GLO). GLO is a combination of pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, chemical plants, and refineries. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity Tagged With: biodiversity, environment, environmental pollution, ground level ozone, Swamp milkweed

Protecting Birds from Pesticides Workshop

April 14, 2024 by Sari Leave a Comment

On Thursday, April 11th, 2024, Marion Yaglinski gave a presentation to the Audubon Society, Bird Town PA and WeConservePA on how to protect birds from pesticides. Marion co-founded Transition Town […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: beneficial insects, biodiversity, Bird Town, Birds, native plants, pesticides, pollinators

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