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(Bee City USA) Practitioners Talk About IPM: Turning Lemons into Lemonade – the Story of Wilsonville, OR
November 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
Turning Lemons into Lemonade – The Story of Wilsonville, OR
November 15, 2022
12:00PM-1:00PM CST, through Zoom
Register for the webinar here!
A private parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon became the unexpected site of the country’s largest bumble bee kill, when an estimated 50,000-100,000 bumble bees died during Pollinator Week in 2013, after neonicotinoid insecticide was applied to linden trees located in the lot.
Since then, the City of Wilsonville has rallied to support bee conservation through joining Bee City USA and establishing its Bee Stewards Wilsonville program.
Join Kerry Rappold, Natural Resources Program Manager for the City of Wilsonville, who will discuss the city’s work since the bee kill, including pollinator habitat establishment, integrated pest management in parks and public spaces, residential education, and involvement in state policy work.
