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Creating habitats with native plants is one of the most impactful ways to help invertebrates. One of the programs at Xerces is helping people do just that by providing free Habitat Kits to communities in several regions of the US.Joining us to discuss our Habitat Kit Program is Giovanni Di Franco, Xerces Endangered Species Conservation Biologist and Pollinator Habitat Specialist. Gio is working to develop the habitat kit program in southern California, especially in the greater Los Angeles area. ---Photo: Nancy KirchhoffThank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Matthew Shepherd, Director of Outreach and Education, Bring Back the Pollinators Matthew has worked for the Xerces Society for more than two decades, initially at the vanguard of a new movement to protect pollinators, but then on endangered species and a range of other issues, as well as several years leading Xerces' communications work. Throughout this time, he maintained a direct involvement in pollinator conservation in towns and cities, and in his current role has returned to outreach and community engagement. Much of this focuses on supporting neighborhood-level efforts such as pollinator gardens and small habitat projects in parks, as well as leading the Bring Back the Pollinators campaign and promoting the No Mow May and Leave the Leaves initiatives. Matthew is author of numerous articles and other publications, including Attracting Native Pollinators (Storey Publishing, 2011) and Gardening for Butterflies (Timber Press, 2016). He also is the long-time editor of Wings, the Xerces Society's magazine. Matthew's 35-year conservation career began in England and took him to Kenya before his arrival in the United States. After completing a master's of science in land resource management, Matthew managed National Trust lands in Oxfordshire, established a successful community-based conservation program in Essex, and helped to create Samphire Hoe, an award-winning nature park at the foot of the White Cliffs of Dover. During a VSO placement in Kenya, he worked with local communities and government agencies to improve the management of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, on the coast north of Mombasa. It was in Kenya that he met a Peace Corps volunteer—who is the reason he moved to Oregon. They live on the west side of the Portland metro region. Their two children are now at college, but they still get together—although sometimes they roll their eyes when Matthew points out yet another super-cool insect that he found.
Who doesn't know the high-pitched whine of a nearby mosquito? We know they can be a nuisance, and in many regions, a health risk because of their ability to spread diseases. Some communities do public control campaigns, and increasingly, companies are offering home spraying of yards. But, the insecticides used in these sprays are broadly toxic to insects, and the risk they pose to pollinators isn't fully understood. In the summer of 2023, Xerces did a study looking at how these insecticides spread across the landscape. Joining us to talk about the study is Aaron Anderson, who has been a member of Xerces' pesticide reduction team for a couple of years. Aaron's work focuses on reducing pesticide use in residential landscapes, including promoting alternative pest-control measures and pollinator-friendly gardening practices. Prior to joining Xerces, he researched pollinator conservation in urban landscapes, restored habitat for several endangered butterfly species, and worked in insect biocontrol. If that wasn't cool enough, Aaron has been on Bug Banter before, also talking about mosquitoes.- Photo: Woodland Mosquito-Katja Schulz-Flickr CCThank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Earthworms. They may elicit memories of digging through the dirt, probably as a child, and picking them up to discover what they are. But what do they do other than slink around and bury themselves in the soil?To help us explore this fascinating invertebrate are Jennifer Hopwood and Stephanie Frischie. Regular listeners will remember Jennifer — she's been on Bug Banter before to talk about beetles and wasps. She is a Senior Pollinator Conservation Specialist with Xerces, providing resources and training for pollinator and beneficial insect habitat management and restoration in a variety of landscapes. Stephanie is Xerces's Agronomist and Native Plant Materials Specialist. Stephanie works to improve the supply and growth of important plant species for the restoration of insect habitat. Additionally, and most pertinent to today's conversation, she leads the Xerces Soil Life project that focuses on soil invertebrate ecology and soil health.---Photo credit: S Shepherd Schizoform, CC 2.0Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Episode Notes Check out this video about the sIlvery blue/Xerces blue surrogacy project! The Silvery Blue/Xerces surrogacy project began with the ideas of Robert Michael Pyle, and have since included many partners. These include Robert Michael Pyle's Xerces Society, Creekside Science, and Revive and Restore. Durrell Kapan wanted to take the opportunity of these notes to say a bit more about his biology teacher Neal Maine (who threw the book out the window). Here's a note from Durrell: "It's relevant to note that Neal's impact has been far-reaching—not only on the students he taught but also on the conservation programs he helped begin. These include the Haystack Rock Awareness program, which started with a “failed” non-game grant application I made under his tutelage that led to the city starting the program (I worked on it for two years, first as an interpreter and later as the coordinator), and the North Coast Land Conservancy, which has conserved thousands of acres of the Oregon Coast, started by Neal Maine after he retired."
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, also known as the EPA, is tasked with regulating pesticides to protect people and the environment from their impacts. To test these impacts, the EPA uses honey bees. This might seem reasonable, but the honey bee is not native to North America and its social colony structure is unique and not representative of the thousands of native species of bees in the United States. The reliance on the honey bee for testing has profound implications for the safety of our native bees and other pollinators, given their vastly different life histories.Joining us to cover this topic are Aimee Code from the Xerces Society and Sharmeen Morrison from Earthjustice. Aimee is Xerces's pesticide program director. She and her staff evaluate the risks of pesticides, develop technical guidance, and advocate for actions that reduce reliance on and risks of pesticide use in both urban and agricultural settings. Sharmeen is a senior associate attorney with Earthjustice's Biodiversity Defense Program, which engages in national litigation to confront the major drivers of biodiversity loss. In this role, she has worked to protect manatees in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, golden-cheeked warblers in Texas Hill Country, and insect pollinators nationwide. Together, Aimee and Sharmeen are working to change how the EPA regulates pesticides.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
The monarch butterfly is popular and currently in the news a lot. You might think that we know all there is to know about it, but there are many mysteries remaining, particularly about their migration and how they use their habitat. This may be more so for the western population that overwinters in California. Radio tracking has long been used for studying the movement and habitat use of bigger animals. Advances in this technology mean it is emerging as a tool that can provide scientists with some answers about tiny animals too.To explore how radio tracking — also called radio telemetry — can be used with monarchs, we are joined by Ashley Fisher. Ashley is an endangered species conservation biologist and a monarch overwintering specialist with the Xerces Society. Based near the overwintering sites in California, Ashley manages Xerces' overwintering habitat database and helps facilitate research projects, working with Xerces partnering organizations and universities. She also works with local land managers in communities along the central coast of California to provide guidance on the management and restoration of overwintering sites.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Now is the time to get out your catalogs and order those native plants! In today's episode, we talk with Matthew Shepherd from the Xerces Society about the organization's wonderful book, 100 Plants To Feed The Bees: Provide A Healthy Habitat To Help Bees Thrive. Plants discussed on this show: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis); False Indigo or Lead Plant (Amorpha); Steeplebush or Meadowsweet (Spirea); and Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium). Go to the Bee Safe Nursery Plants Campaign on the Xerces website: https://xerces.org/pesticides/bee-safe-nursery-plants. Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice-monthly discussions about restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard. Access the BIRD HUGGER Newsletter here: www.birdhuggerpodcast.com. Send your questions about birds and native gardening to birdhuggerpodcast@gmail.com. (PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC.
In one of our first episodes we spoke with Sarina Jepsen, the director of our Endangered Species team, about what it means for a species to be federally listed, specifically through the Endangered Species Act. However, species can also be listed through individual states, but not all states are the same, and some states don't have legislation to protect insects. It is an interesting story!Joining us to talk about the importance of a state's authority to protect insects are Kevin Burls and Rosemary Malfi. As Xerces' Director of Conservation Policy, Rosemary supports and advocates for policy solutions at the local, state, and federal levels that promote the health and conservation of invertebrate species. Presently, Rosemary is leading Xerces' campaign to pass legislation to define insects as wildlife in states where they are omitted from this definition under the law. Rosemary holds a Doctorate in environmental sciences with a background in native pollinator protection and pesticide policy reform.Kevin is one of Xerces Endangered Species Conservation Biologists. His work includes collaborating with land managers and scientists to understand the conservation needs of butterfly species, then advocating for their protection by crafting conservation guidelines and legislation with agencies and policy makers at the regional, state, and federal levels. Kevin holds a Doctorate in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology with a background in western butterflies and other native pollinators, and science education.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Hey everyone, it's Natalie and I am thrilled to bring you today my conversation with my neighbor Catherine Coverdale who is a partner biologist with the Xerces Society and NRCS. We talk about programs that NRCS and Xerces do for pollinator plantings and weather stations. And we talk about her research for her masters, which was on blueberries and spotted wing drosophila, which was cool because when I talked with Bernice about honeyberries, she was discussing the spotted wing drosophila. So it was neat to get to the biology of SWD with Catherine. I hope you enjoy our conversation and maybe even take advantage of some of these programs that are out there to help farmers with some of these ecological practices to encourage native pollinators and the like. Folks who make the show possible... Rimol Greenhouses are strong, durable and easy to assemble, offering the quality you need to grow productively year-round. Visit Rimol.com today. Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more – at bcsamerica.com. When you need proven varieties you can count on and detailed guidance from seeding to harvest, consider Johnny's your trusted growing partner. Visit johnnyseeds.com Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign up for a free trial with the link in the show notes, because NOW is the best time to dial in those systems for the next growing season. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers. You can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat or other merch, check out our YouTube channel, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at notillgrowers.community.chat
Many of us likely have childhood memories of a zoo visit: gibbons swinging above us, lions pacing, a polar bear taking a plunge. Zoos also can play an important role in conservation, particularly for insects. One example is the work done at the San Diego Zoo to help invertebrates by solving mysteries about their habitat and life cycle needs, in some cases bringing back species on the brink of extinction.Joining us to talk about this work is Paige Howorth. Paige leads the Entomology Department at the San Diego Zoo, where she is involved with the day-to-day care of dozens of species of insects, arachnids, and other invertebrates in the zoo's collection, as well as leading conservation programs for rare species. In addition, Paige serves on the steering committee of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group and co-leads the AZA SAFE (save animals from extinction) program for the North American monarch butterfly. She's also been a collaborator with Xerces for many years.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Hey so, I decided to ask for sad news and boy did Chelsie decide to just bomb me with dying species. So I guess enjoy the dying bugs and fish!article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rarest-butterfly-world-may-have-been-moth-all-along-180971825/article: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/salmon-declared-endangered-species-for-first-time-7bnlf2n72?msockid=2f001bfc72e06be912de0ee2735a6a1f
October 12th is World Migratory Bird Day, a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them. This year's theme for the campaign is “Protect Insects, Protect Birds,” underscoring the importance of invertebrates to migratory birds. Xerces is also, for the first time, an official partner in World Migratory Bird Day, so we are focusing this episode on the intersection between birds and bugs.To talk about this incredibly important relationship we are joined by Chris Elphick, Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut, where he is also affiliated with the university's Center of Biological Risk. Chris is a conservation biologist, an applied ecologist, or an ornithologist, depending on his mood (his words, not mine). His research interests span behavioral, population, community, and landscape ecology.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Seg 1: What's it like being a real storm chaser? Storm-chasing for scientific purposes is both thrilling and essential for understanding tornado formation and behaviour. Guest: Dr. Yvette Richardson, Professor of Meteorology and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at the Pennsylvania State University Seg 2: View From Victoria: Getting involved with equalization David Eby tries to give the impression that BC is 100% joining Newfoundland's challenge to equalization. Unfortunately he almost immediately began with qualifications. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines. Seg 3: How scientists are bringing a butterfly back from extinction A pioneering experiment in San Francisco is looking to restore the Xerces blue butterfly, a species that went extinct over eight decades ago. Guest: Dr. Durrell D. Kapan, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Seg 4: Gone Country ending its epic run A major country music festival in the Fraser Valley is coming to an end and we'll hear from the headline performer of the' Gone Country' Music Festival. Guest: Dallas Smith, Musician Seg 5: How is Canada protecting its valuable biodiversity The Canadian government is prioritizing conservation and restoration of nature to capture greenhouse gas emissions and protect biodiversity. Guest: Steven Guilbeault, Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Seg 6: Can we protect students from toxic drug overdoses on campus? In response to the January death of a University of Victoria student from a fentanyl overdose, the B.C. government is developing new safety measures to protect university students from overdoses. Guest: Minister Lisa Beare, BC's Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Seg 7: Can BC improve its Ministry of Children and Family Development? The government is adopting a new approach to child welfare in response to the “Don't Look Away” investigation, which highlighted systemic issues leading to the abuse and death of an Indigenous boy. Guest: Grace Lore, BC's Minister of Children and Family Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A pioneering experiment in San Francisco is looking to restore the Xerces blue butterfly, a species that went extinct over eight decades ago. Guest: Dr. Durrell D. Kapan, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lange Twins has implemented individual regenerative practices but now they are asking, what would happen if they stacked them? Kendra Altnow, Sustainability Manager at Lange Twins Family Winery & Vineyards and a 5th generation Lange shares Project Terra. The goals are to increase biodiversity, build and enrich the soil and improve watershed through shifting farming practices, restoration and conservation. They are accomplishing this through grazing livestock, establishing permeant ground cover, reducing tillage, improving native habitat, and reducing reliance on herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. 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Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org. Transcript Craig Macmillan 0:00 Our guest today is Kendra Altnow she is sustainability manager at Lange Twins family winery and vineyards and she's a fifth generation. Lange. Welcome to the program. Kendra Altnow 0:09 Thanks for having me. Glad to be here. Craig Macmillan 0:11 We want to have you on because you folks there at length twins have been doing some really innovative things around regenerative agriculture. And through a project you're calling project Tara, what is project Tara? What's that all about? Kendra Altnow 0:25 Well, we kind of have two different definitions, I would say a project Terra one is the concise purpose of project Terra is to increase biodiversity building, enrich the soil and improve our watershed through shifting our farming principles and practices, restoration and conservation, all while building the next generation of land stewards. That's what I like to say is the on paper definition of project Terra. But project Terra means something a little bit different to me, it's our vision coming to life. Like many of us, the health of the planet is a top of mind. And a few years ago, I really wanted to see what we could do as a family to contribute to being part of the very complex solution equally as important passing our land to the next generation healthier than it was passed to us. So I really just started reading and I learned that there are lots of changes that we can make. But we have a unique access to something that a lot of other people don't have. And that's our land. And really, I see that our land gives us the greatest opportunity for change. So we started just digging into what those practices look like. And regenerative farming really was something interesting and something very obtainable for us to do. Craig Macmillan 1:41 What are some of those practices? Because from what I understand from doing research with what you're up to you, you did certain things 10 years ago, and then you brought in some other elements, and then you tried some other elements. Now you're kind of trying to bring them all together, if I understand correctly, what are some of those elements? Kendra Altnow 1:55 Yeah, that's exactly what it is. I like to say when people come out and come to the farm for tour, that we've been practicing everything in different vineyards, but not necessarily taking those practicing and what regenerative agriculture calls stacking them. So the components of those are reduction of off farm inputs, livestock integration, maintaining permanent ground cover, conservation or reduction in tillage, creation of habitat, which is one of my favorites, and reducing our reliance on herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. So those were all practices that we have been doing. But we said, hey, can we take those and put them together in one pilot vineyard. And that's really the core of what Project Terra is. And for us, it's not just about doing it on that pilot vineyard, but is building the framework to be able to scale it to the other vineyards within our families holdings. Craig Macmillan 2:56 You mentioned you were excited about this particular area. And I think it's an interesting one, too. And that's habitat. Kendra Altnow 3:00 Yes, that's my wheelhouse. I love it. Craig Macmillan 3:02 Yeah. So tell me about that. How does that play into this project? Kendra Altnow 3:05 Gosh, it's a huge portion. Biodiversity is really a big element of what we need to do here as farmers in general. When my grandfather was farming, he did edge to edge farming. And that really is you didn't see anything green in those vineyards whatsoever. When my dad and uncle came back in 1974, the ranch that they grew up on really looked different the wildlife that they had enjoyed seen. It wasn't there anymore. But the reason why it wasn't there was because the habitat was gone. Without that biodiversity, there was a shift in the ecosystem. And so with that, is this new recognition that we're approaching ag at that system's level, where we're seeing the farm, not just between the rows or from edge to edge, but everything inclusive. Craig Macmillan 3:52 So how do you do that? If you like, did you take landlords in production? And then set it aside for habitat? Or did you identify areas that could be habitat and then restored them in some fashion? How did you how did you approach that? Kendra Altnow 4:05 Yeah, and that's, you know, something we've been doing for a long time is habitat restoration, primarily riparian restoration, our family is here on the Mokelumne river. So that's our watershed, and we have unfarmable areas. But we also have areas that were planted that we have taken out of production just because the quality coming off the vineyard wasn't meeting the standards of the winery. So we we kind of have a multiple approach. Over the years, it was just what we could get done. Recently, we worked with point blue conservation science and we have a conservation plan. And that conservation plan takes a look at all of our land that we farm as a whole and has helped us identify areas where we can make improvements that's not only within the vineyards itself by creating maybe filter strips or wildlife corridors, but also where We have maybe a vernal pool area, and what we can do there. So really enhance what is already happening. So it's a little bit of everything I guess is we've, we've had help. But we also just noticed, oh, that area over there isn't great. Let's put a pollinator habitat in. Craig Macmillan 5:16 And you've been doing as long as you believe that there is some improvements and some stability from increasing the biodiversity on the land. Kendra Altnow 5:24 Let me take a step back. Biodiversity has definitely increased here on our farm, just the other day, we saw two Bob Cats hanging out on the bridge by our house, that is nothing I saw in my childhood. So I can definitely tell you that there has been a shift because there are animals and birds that we haven't seen that are coming back to our area, those animals and birds are what we see. And so can you imagine what we can't see? So what we're making the impact on? Who knows, right? I don't I'm not out there every day with a microscope looking. But by these bigger animals being here, I have to say that the other ones are here, too. Craig Macmillan 6:04 And do you think that leads to a more stable? agro ecosystem? Kendra Altnow 6:08 Absolutely. 100% Craig Macmillan 6:10 100%, you had mentioned also things around fungicide, insecticide herbicide reduction. How does that play into what kind of practices and how does that play into the stability of the project overall? Kendra Altnow 6:20 we just finished reading a book. And there's a lot to be said about soil health, right. And that's a big topic, especially in ag these days, I think that we're a lot better than we have been. That's what sustainability is all about, right? Is continuous improvement, really digging into the health of the soil makes us recognize that maybe there's more we can do. From my perspective, having biodiversity above ground and below ground is only going to help us not just in our vineyard and the production of the wine grapes, but also as a whole for everything around it. I'm not sure if that answered your question. Sometimes my brain goes off in tangents. Craig Macmillan 6:57 No, I think I think it's the right idea, I think what you're getting at is by looking at things as being integrated, looking at from a system standpoint, where everything affects everything else changes that make over here, make changes over here. And those can be beneficial changes, they don't have to be negative changes, necessarily. Kendra Altnow 7:12 And I think also, it's such a long term result, right. So it takes a very long time, for us to see the true benefits of what we're doing today. I always say, Gosh, I wish we would have started this, you know, 10 years ago, because then I would feel better about what we're doing. Now you have to have patience. And I think that's been the biggest learning for us or for myself in particular, is that you're not going to change your soil structure or your soil health or anything that has to do with the environment, it takes time. And it takes that dedication. And it's not always the easiest path forward either. So you really have to sit back and realize following that vineyard, for a certain period of time might seem against what we would typically do. But in the long run, it's going to benefit what we're doing, if you understand what I'm saying, Craig Macmillan 8:09 Yeah, I do I do I change this to soil health improvements. And so structured water holding capacity and things like that. Those do take a long, long, long, long time. But you have to do it if you're gonna get there, you know, and I think what a lot of folks are finding out from the interviews that I'm doing, you know, you may go like, Oh, my God, you know, it's gonna take 10 years, well, 10 years can fly by in terms of like a region, you know, just do it stick to it part of that cover cropping. So you folks have been doing cover cropping for a long time. And I'm guessing that the decisions that you've made in terms of what to plant, where to plant it, maybe even how to plant it, how to terminate it, and probably evolved over time. Can you tell me a little bit about your cover cropping, philosophy management, how that's changed over time? Kendra Altnow 8:51 So my very simple philosophy is the soil is better served covered period, I believe that not only in our own homes, at home, in our backyards, and our front yards, but also within the vineyard. So that's an aside from how we make our decisions on what cover crops we plant. When it comes to cover crops. I'm sure you know this, they're super complex, there's so many different species out there. And they all are very specific on what you're trying to do for typically the health of your of your land or your soil. So what we always look at first, is the vigor of the vine because we want to ensure that we're not taking away from the growth of the vine and then regional erosion. So those would be like the two starting points for us. And then from there, we combined with the soil type, if we're going to be grazing or not grazing and then the ecological benefits so it's kind of a stacking just in decision making. And then the way we choose what vineyards it goes into, we we across the board, try to get it out. Timing is a big thing for us in all of our Lange Twins family vineyards, except in the vineyards that the mower can't fit down the rows. So it's a very operational decision on that, that side. Craig Macmillan 10:10 What are some of the variables that you've been trying to manipulate? And what were some of the plant choices that you made to achieve those goals? Kendra Altnow 10:19 Erosion control is probably our biggest number one cover crop choice that we do or a multiplex this species type, that's something that I would have to ask Chris and Charlie, or even Maria, on our team, they handled the decisions of that. But I'm involved in more of why. So I'm sitting here looking out my window at one of our vineyards, and we have a runoff issue. And so we made, you know, a very spot decision to plant a an erosion control mix, just because it's not planted right now. And we saw two years ago, or, actually, it wasn't two years ago was last winter, it was just gosh, the amount of soil going into the soil was absurd. So what can we do about it? So a lot of it is knowing your land as well, and making the decisions that way? Craig Macmillan 11:07 So you're using different things in different places. So for some areas, it's all about erosion. Other places, it's about probably water management, Kendra Altnow 11:14 Or, you know, your nitrogen fixing is a big decision making as well, depending on the vineyards. Craig Macmillan 11:22 Oh,that reminds me, so I hadn't thought of before, have you been doing any, like pre post testing or control treatment kind of testing, as you do these things Kendra Altnow 11:30 For cover crops? Craig Macmillan 11:32 For cover crops or anything else. Kendra Altnow 11:34 We do a lot. I mean, we do a lot of soil testing, is what we've started doing. And we do that not only just from a short term reason of seeing what's happening right now. But in these areas where we are doing no sustainable ag versus regenerative AG, we have started long term analysis so we can see what really is going to be happening in the vineyard long term with the decisions that we're making today. And does it make sense. So does it make sense for us to do it? Well, maybe it's not making a huge impact on that level, but it will be financially. So there are a lot of tracking that we are doing, because we need to make sure that it makes sense from a sustainability point of view. Craig Macmillan 12:21 What do you been finding out? Kendra Altnow 12:22 That's a great question. I It depends. I mean, it really depends on where, and it also depends on what and that's what's so tricky about farming. There isn't a playbook. Right. So what is working on one vineyard isn't necessarily working on another, for example, we have a vermicompost trial going on right now. And it's interesting, we've set it up. And we've done all of the analysis. And what we found is that different phases of the growth of the vineyard, the vermicompost, made a difference. But at the end of the growing season, everything caught up. So it's going to be interesting to see this year, what happens because is there going to be a true difference year after year. And then we'll add in do we add vermicompost again, so what we're trialing right now, which is really fun, is taking our pumice from the winery and feeding it to red worms to see if we can then reapply it out in the vineyards. What we don't know about that is if what is in the vermicompost by the worms, eating our promise is something that is going to benefit the vineyard. So benefit is in the sense of we're closing the loop on our promise, but it may not actually have any value to the soil in the vines themselves over a traditional form of compost feeding. Worms are really fun. Craig Macmillan 13:45 I'm just gonna ask about that. So you're making worm compost on site? Kendra Altnow 13:48 No, we're not. So there's a neighbor of ours, my cousin in law found I went out to visit him and I asked him if he would be interested in trial doing a trial with us. And he said, Sure, so we're taking pumice over to him from the winery during crush, and then he is running the trial for us. If it is something that becomes viable for us to do then we would transition it and start it on our own. Craig Macmillan 14:15 Which reminds me of something else. You are working with a number of collaborators, you're not doing this in a vacuum and we'll transition into grazing was part of that but like what are some of the collaborators here you have your your neighbor, you're obviously working with probably other agencies or other other companies or their specialists who was part of the team here outside of Lange Twins. Kendra Altnow 14:36 Oh, so many when I started in this role, going back a little bit is I you know, I didn't go to school for farming or winemaking and or sustainability for that matter. And so I took a lot of learning, calling and asking questions. Honestly, some of the organizations I reached out to first I was Point blue conservation science I hopped on, you know, the internet and I started just Googling people and seeing who would be interested in coming out and giving me a hand, they have been awesome because they really have introduced me not only to a whole host of other individuals within the that side of the world. So I would say the habitat side of the world, they did our holistic conservation plan for us. That really is what I would say is my strategic plan on that side of my role. From there, I work with the Center for land based learning their SLEWS program, in particular, the kids from that program come out, and they actually implement some of our projects for us. And that's great, because that really is helping that next generation of land stewards in my mind, hopefully, some of them will come back and want to do this and do it in a fashion that is smart for both themselves and for the environment. NRCS Of course, Xerces, East Bay Mud, calf Valley grazing, hedgerow farms, Megan Phillips, Kelly Melville, you name it, I have like talked to all of them. And really, they have all been instrumental in us putting this together and moving it forward. Craig Macmillan 16:22 I think it's an excellent transition into grazing. Kendra Altnow 16:26 Yes, that's fine. I love graze Craig Macmillan 16:28 you love it. Okay, cool. Well, here we go. If I understood correctly, from some things that I read, you folks are looking at moving into year round grazing. Can you tell me a little bit about the evolution, how it started, how you kind of got into it and how you got to where you're at now and kind of where you see yourself going in the future? Because it sounds like you actually are moving you're not done yet is what it kind of sounds like to me if I understood. Kendra Altnow 16:51 We're just getting started. Grazing came to us through Charlie's sStar, there were sheep grazing and alfalfa field next to his home vineyard. And he offered the grazer to come into his vineyard for feed. And he said, guys, they did a great job. What do you think? And so we trialed it on 100 acres, and it was great. They came in, they did their job, it was the winter pass, and good to go. We loved what they did. We learned a little bit. And then the following year, it was ramped up big time. So we had a contract raiser come in. And we had probably 2000 to 3000 sheep everywhere, literally everywhere. And that winter was really raining. So it was difficult to get them into the vineyard. Some of them were flooded out. And it was just a challenge all around. And then when the rubber hit the road in the springtime, they got a better contract and left. So we didn't necessarily truth be told, have the best experience the second year. And it was logistically the main reason why. So the third year, we wanted to approach it a little differently. And I was at a young farmers and ranchers dinner and was approached and said, Hey, I had know someone that would love to do vineyard grazing. So great. So we sat down and talked. And what we realized is that what was going to work best for us is for them to be a true extension of our team. So not someone that's just going to come in and then move on to someone else, but someone that is going to be dedicated to working with us, because that is what we found was most important is that we're working together. So I see Valley grazing and Ross Mulrooney as not a separate from length twins, but he is part of length twins in the sense of being our sheep herder, right. So he's the guy, the boots on the ground, moving the sheep, the health of the sheep. And we're just helping direct them in that. And that honestly, if I could give anyone advice, and I know this can't happen for everyone based on size, or lots of other complexities, that has been a saving grace for us, because it's just, he, he knows what we're working towards. And we know what his needs are as well. Craig Macmillan 19:14 You're working collaboratively. He has needs the sheep have needs you have needs can we find a way to have those things meet that makes a better outcome leads to a better outcome. Without question, yes, it sounds like you started with kind of the traditional, hey, let's get some animals, let's turn them loose. They're gonna go run around and do their thing. Oh, they're done. Now they leave. My experience with grazing is that it can get much more complex than that, and can lead to some even better outcomes when the management becomes a little bit more intensive, which it sounds like you're kind of moving towards is that right? Kendra Altnow 19:52 Right. I mean for us, our goal is to have four passes a year with the sheep so it's It's a tool for sure. That's how we see this. It's a practice that we're going to implement within the vineyard. That's no different than mowing or herbicide spray, for example. So for us, the number one reason why we started it, there's lots of factors but was for that biodiversity in the soil and the soil microbiome, we know that animals do make a difference. So that was a really big factor. The second factor is back to the herbicides, if we can cut down on that, that's also going to help that soil microbiome third is the fossil fuels. Right. So by employing the sheep in the vineyards and integrating them in, we are cutting on fossil fuel use by all of the tractor passes that we're not doing anymore, etc. Sure, at first, it was like, Yay, winter weed control. This is awesome. But then you start scratching your head and peeling back the layers, you recognize that there's lots of other benefits of having animal integration. I mean, I sometimes they were just going back before my grandfather, right? They had animal integration, they actually had dual crops within their vineyards. And so it's like, we're going back to what we knew our ancestors. And we're applying it today, but in a modern way, with changes, of course, because we're not homesteaders. Craig Macmillan 21:27 So we're talking, you said four passes. So what, what's the timing? What's the timing of the other grazing passes. Kendra Altnow 21:34 So the first grazing pass for us starts post harvest. So three weeks after the vineyard has been harvested, we can move in the sheep. And really, this is to clean up weeds, vegetative debris, and the leaves. The second pass is the cover crop and weed management on our rotation. Typically, what ends up happening is why when they're done with the first pass, they're going to go start kind of all over again, right. And so now they're going to the cover crop and weed management. And that is what really this time of the year is. So they're out there mowing the cover crop, or they're really happy sheep, because they have tons of feed and getting the berms, we always focus on the berms. That's really important for us, especially if we're if we're not using any herbicides, it's really important for us to pay attention to the berms. The third pass is cover crop and weed management again, and this is kind of when we have the blind canopy management happening suckering chute hygiene and leaf removal. So it's in that spring where springtime, where there they can get in, they're not going to do a lot of damage, and they're still going to do good. And then the last pass is summer, so forth passes time or weed control. We are using these only and our trellis systems that are high wire. And so the Sheep can't really do that damage, because they can't reach up into the canopy and make a huge impact. Craig Macmillan 22:57 And that was something that I mean, you you folks may have some experience with this. Maybe too early still, you know, the trend has been towards shorter and shorter, lower, lower trellising for a long time. And it's always been Oh, wine quality is better when the trellis is lower. And then we have these systems here where you will Yeah, but if I train a little bit higher, a little these other benefits that I can get is your winemaking staff getting feedback at this point. Are you seeing anything in terms of the cultural differences between the more traditional trellis and a higher wire trellis. Kendra Altnow 23:26 I can give you a very specific example. We have single vineyard wines. And on our single vineyard wines, they keep all the lots separate. And we have an older cab vineyard. And then we have a high wire cab vineyard that is a little bit younger. The older one is California sprawl, it was planted in Gosh 1980s. It's our winemakers favorite vineyard. And along comes our River Ranch vineyard. And it's high wire and it is mechanically pruned and it is grazed and very different than what they 38 is. And I'll tell you what, they love that River Ranch cap and made it as a single vineyard wine. And so that to me goes to show that it can work both ways. Craig Macmillan 24:09 It can work both ways. This is so fascinating. We could just go on forever. But is there one thing regarding kind of your experiences with all of this, all of this integrative stuff, is there one thing that you tell our listeners that you would recommend to them? As far as this goes this area? Kendra Altnow 24:25 Oh man, I have so many recommendations. That could be like a whole thing on its own. Craig Macmillan 24:32 You're gonna write a book? Kendra Altnow 24:34 Probably. So my one recommendation is every little bit helps. And I truly believe that and that is something that you can do not only within your vineyard or your business, but you can do that at home. So my passion came from my family, because we have been farming sustainably in a really big way. However, my practices at home for example, I really got ignited because I saw a picture of all the plastic in the ocean and I had a heart attack. And I knew at that point, I couldn't use plastic bags anymore, for example. And that's a true story. I think that even though everyone around me might not have changed that practice, I know that that little bit does help. Right. So I think that is really important. I think the other important thing, when you're talking about farming, is the mindset shift. Farmers have been farming and doing things the same way for years and years and years. And it really takes forward thinking or openness to be able to change the way you're doing something. Because it's harder, it's harder, not only to train your team, that it's going to be done differently. But now you're using another tool, or introducing something different that hasn't been done before. So there's a learning curve. And when you have 100 million things going on, that one new thing feels like 100 billion pounds. And I think that it's really important that you have a cheerleader, which that's what I am, is the cheerleader to say, Hey, I think that this is really interesting. Do you think that we can implement not all of it at once, but do you think we can handle parts of it. And even that one small step is going to get us to where we want to go. And I would come in very different from, say, Erin and Phillip, my brother and cousin, they've been entrenched in farming for years, I kind of have this outsider's perspective where I don't necessarily know all of the logistical nightmare that might happen. Or I don't know all of the little idiosyncrasies that happen. All I see is this awesome opportunity. And then they bring me back to reality. And then we meet in the middle, and then we implement something. But I think if it was someone that didn't have that, like, I think we could do this, it wouldn't come to the forefront, because we're just so tasked on what we're already doing, and making sure that we're getting it done, that doesn't really give us time to do anything different. And I think that to me, has been the biggest learning. And maybe that the tidbit that I could give others is that be be that cheerleader or somehow find yourself to be that cheerleader for yourself, because it really will make a difference. Craig Macmillan 27:41 I think that's great. I mean, every every little bit counts and being a cheerleader. Yeah. Sharing your excitement and your successes. I think it's huge. Kendra Altnow 27:50 Yeah, I mean, it's, it's funny, Craig, between you and I, or if you want to put this out there I you know, I don't have a science background. I don't have a farming background. I don't have anything like that type of background. My background is sociology. And for for me, I just know that we can do better. And we have an opportunity to make positive change. And so I come in with they always call me rainbows and sunshine. Because that's that's like, really, for me, that's what it's about right is, is how can we make a difference, and I dried down I5. And I'm like holy smokes, we are the size of a gnat when it comes to farming in this world. And how to like I sit there and think, wow, I am I'm working hard to make change on my tiny little farm. Just think if we could get this farmer who has 30,000 acres to also make that change. And I think that's where it's at is it's got to start. I see. I mean, we're not small in the sense of tiny, tiny. We're midsize but gosh, there's some big farmers out there. And so sometimes it's like, Am I really making a difference? Like this is on 450 acres right now we could expand it. We're planning on scaling it up. Yeah. Okay, let's forget about those 30,000 acre farmers and that we're only a tiny bit to this very complex issue or complexity that's happening out there. Sure. Yes, let's do this. Because ultimately, it's going to be better for the next generation because they're going to be out there hopefully farming too. Craig Macmillan 29:25 Yeah. And technology and innovation has its ways of being transmitted. Yes. And being adopted. More broadly. It takes time. And it also takes different systems. It takes different systems and that's one of the things that's intriguing is we've seen things that like you said that we tried things in the past and then we moved away for various reasons. And then you say hey, wait, there's benefits. Let's go back and try this again. Or people say Well, that isn't gonna work on my system because my system is so different. Within time goes by and there's proof of concept and then it well maybe this would work and we see changes all the time being out there as a leader Kendra, I think is part of the part of the solution and you're doing that. Kendra Altnow 29:59 And I think honestly like what we can do for our farm, and this is what makes regenerative and we could go into that as a whole nother one podcast. But I look at sustainability and regenerative, which is so great about sustainability in my mind is it's not one size fits all, you're making the decisions for your farm based on what you can do in the best possible way. So someone might still fully believe in full tilling and that's all good and great. I'm not judging you, but they might be excellent in water conservation. And we have a lot of room to grow in that right so I like that's what I think is so awesome about farming is that there is no one single way of doing things and there is no right or wrong, but I always believe that there is room for improvement. Craig Macmillan 30:52 Exactly. Where can people find out more about you? Kendra Altnow 30:56 Well, Langetwins.com will have information about the family winery and the vineyards and laying twins on Instagram has tidbits about sustainability and if you really want to see all of my lovely day to day posts you can follow me at Kendra underscore Jean nine you get a little bit of sustainability and a lot of benefit family animals. Craig Macmillan 31:22 That's fantastic. So our guest today has been Kendra Altnow she is sustainability manager at length twins family winery and vineyards and she's a fifth generation Lang. Thanks for being on the podcast has been a really fun conversation. Thanks Kendra. Kendra Altnow 31:35 Gosh, I hope so you're welcome. Nearly perfect transcription by https://otter.ai
We're back with another fresh episode of Smologies to light up your life and your butt. World renowned firefly expert Dr. Sara Lewis of Tufts University joins to share her love of a bug that many think is merely a mythological delight. Learn how these tiny animals illuminate the night, femme fatales, pink glowworms, secret languages, artificial lights, why Western states can chill out with their lightning bug envy, and how you can ensure the world stays aglow with these beloved bugs. Check out Dr. Sara Lewis's website and follow her on XBuy her book, Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies!A donation went to Xerces.orgFull-length (*not* G-rated) Sparklebuttology episode + tons of science linksSubscribe to SmologiesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, masks, totes!Follow @Ologies on X and InstagramFollow @AlieWard on X and InstagramSound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media, and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio ProductionsMade possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly R. Dwyer, Emily White, & Erin TalbertSmologies theme song by Harold Malcolm
It was Jimmie Durante who first came up with the rhyme, “spring is sprung, the grass is riz; I wonder where them boidies is?” Of course, spring also means the return of insects — bees, butterflies, dragonflies, and yes, mosquitoes — and here at the Xerces Society we start getting questions about what to do about these pesky critters. Does spraying help? Does spraying harm other insects? What are the alternatives and do they work? To explore the topic of mosquitoes, we are joined today by Aaron Anderson. Aaron is a Pesticide Program Specialist at Xerces and works with communities across the country, as well as Xerces staff, to reduce pesticide use in residential landscapes, including promoting non-pesticide approaches to landscape care and pollinator-friendly gardening practices.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
As humans, we often think of the world through the lens of daylight - when we are most active. But at night, an entire world of insects comes to life and we are missing out!To help us explore these nocturnal creatures is Emily May, Pollinator Conservation Specialist on our Pesticide team at Xerces. You might recognize Emily from our last episode, as a special guest co-host.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
In this episode of Bug Banter, we are going underwater to highlight an invertebrate that isn't an insect — the freshwater mussel. These animals may not be well-known but are powerhouses in our freshwater ecosystems, playing a critical role in our lakes and rivers.We're joined today by not only one but two guests! — Emilie Blevins and Jack Fetters, who are both conservation biologists on the Endangered Species team at the Xerces Society. Emilie serves as the lead on all freshwater mussel conservation work and Jack serves as a specialist on western freshwater mussel conservation work at Xerces.Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
The word “endangered” is widely used when talking about rare animals in news reports, conservation campaigns, TV documentaries, and more. Sometimes being endangered is seen as a benefit, other times as a bad thing — but what does it mean? As with so many things, what lies behind the word “endangered” is more complicated than what meets the eye, and the word is not always used correctly, which can lead to confusion. Are honey bees endangered? No, there are millions of hives. Is the rusty patched bumble bee endangered? Yes, it is protected under the Endangered Species Act. What about the monarch butterfly? Probably, but not officially — and if they are protected, they may be classified as “threatened” — and is that at the federal or state level (or maybe internationally)?Are you confused yet? Today, to talk about endangered species and help untangle this topic, we are joined by Sarina Jepsen, the Director of the Endangered Species Program at the Xerces Society. Sarina joined Xerces in 2006, since when she has worked on the conservation of diverse at-risk (there's another term to explain!) invertebrate species, including bees, butterflies, tiger beetles, fireflies, and freshwater mussels. Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
The word Xerces often confuses people. What does it mean and where does the name Xerces come from? Join us on this short podcast to introduce the organization that works to save insects and other invertebrates - the Xerces Society. Thank you for listening! For more information go to xerces.org/bugbanter.
Julia Olson, the Executive Director of Our Children's Trust, represents a group of young plaintiffs between the ages of 5 and 22 who filed a lawsuit accusing the state of Montana of violating their constitutional rights as it pushed pro-fossil fuel policies that devastated the environment and impacted their health. It is the first case of its kind. Leif Richardson is a conservation biologist with the Xerces (zer ces) Society for Invertebrate Conservation, where he heads up the California Bumble Bee Atlas, a multi-year community science project to survey the diversity and distributions of 25+ native bumble bee species.
National Pollinator Week is an annual celebration since 2010 in support of pollinator health that was initiated and is managed by Pollinator Partnership. This year National Pollinator Week festivities will take place across the country June 19 – 25, 2023 and in celebration, this week on Cultivating Place we look closely at one particular group of our native pollinators the charismatic bumble bees, the more than 250 species in the genus Bombus. Our guest this week, Leif Richardson, is an Endangered Species Conservation Biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, coordinating the community science efforts behind the newest of the society's North American Bumble Bee Atlases - this time in California. If you're in the Northern California listening region, mark your calendars for the mid-July opening of an in-depth and beautiful exhibit entitled Bombus: The Natural History of Bumble Bees. At Gateway Science Museum on the campus of California State University, Chico, this new exhibition interweaves current scientific research on the North American population of bumble bees, as well as over a decade of study, observations and spectacular photography by plantsman and California Bumble Bee Atlas participant John Whittlesey. Through his deeply studied lens, you will never see a bumble bee again without a deepened love and appreciation. Listen in this week and join us in person this summer! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.
This vibrant blue invertebrate and San Francisco resident that fell victim to the city's development. We're talking streetcars, sand dunes and sayonara for this beautiful insect on this episode of Extinction Event.
Episode 151 Notes and Links to Allison Hedge Coke's Work On Episode 151 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Allison Hedge Coke, and the two discuss, among other topics, her multiracial and multiethnic and multilingual upbringing, wise words and inspiration from her family, her life of art and creativity, California as her muse, holding California to account, ideas of stewardship and environmental care, and the incredible inspirations and circumstances that brought her award-winning poetry to the world. Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's previous poetry books include The Year of the Rat, Dog Road Woman, Off-Season City Pipe, Blood Run, Burn, Streaming as well as a memoir, Rock Ghost, Willow, Deer. She is the editor of the anthologies Sing: Poetry of the Indigenous Americas, Effigies, Effigies II, and Effigies II and is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Hedge Coke came of age working fields, factories, and waters and is currently at work on a film, Red Dust: resiliency in the dirty thirties, a new CD, and new poems. Buy Look at This Blue Allison Hedge Coke's Website Allison Hedge Coke's Wikipedia Page National Book Awards Description for Look at This Blue At about 7:30, Allison discusses her busy and exciting upcoming weeks that include a Georgia poetry circuit and the National Book Awards, where she's nominated for At about 9:20, Allison discusses her experiences with languages and reading and writing as a kid; she discusses her father's and family's great pride in their lineages At about 13:45, Allison relays a telling anecdote about her son and his crayons that speaks to the multilingual extended family from which she comes At about 16:20, Pete reads from the beginning chapter of Allison's memoir and Allison expands on lessons learned from those times and from her mother and father At about 18:50, Pete notes Allison lifelong devotion to art, and she talks about her family's background and about what it means to create for her in her traditions At about 20:25, Allison recounts the amazing story of writing Look at this Blue in Montenegro in a stunningly short period of time At about 22:00, Allison describes her first encounters with California in 1980 and then future time spent in CA At about 26:05, Pete cites the wonderful blurbs from wonderful writers for Allison's collection; she defines it as an “assemblage” and talks about the assemblage in connection to jazz and other music At about 28:00, Pete and Allison discuss the poetry's connection to “blue,” and blue's myriad meanings and connection to longing and fado and saudade (Pete's obsession) At about 30:40, Pete shares the possibly apocryphal story of Garcia Marquez's writing a masterpiece At about 31:00, Allison expands upon the title's meanings At about 31:45, Allison responds to Pete wondering about “catharsis” upon writing about such personal and emotional work At about 34:00, The two meditate on parenthood and influences on children At about 36:00, The two discuss memory and perspective, and Pete cites the book's epigraph At about 37:10, Pete provides a book summary and details the historical and personal At about 38:15, Allison reads from the book regarding the Xerces blue butterfly and links its story to that of California and its abuses, excesses, and displacement At about 43:00, Allison reads from the Prelude At about 45:45, Allison recounts a bonkers story (adapted for the book) about the INS and her mother At about 48:30, The two talk about extinctions, displacements, and endangerment featured in the book At about 51:40, Allison talks about being stewards for the environment At about 53:15, The two detail connections made in the book to events both historical and modern and themes like racism and homophobia At about 54:20, Pete discusses “let” and “love” as depicted in the book You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for Episode 152 with Tommy Dean, author of a flash fiction chapbook, Special Like the People on TV from and the Editor at Fractured Lit; “You've Stopped” was included in Best Microfiction 2019. The episode with this flash fiction writer extraordinaire will air on November 15.
Many people get most excited about butterflies on their pollinator plants, but Eryngium yuccafolium, flowering late summer, perhaps attracts a larger diversity of visitors than almost any other insect magnet. According to the Xerces society website --bumble bees, yellow-faced bees, sweet bees, multiple beetles and dozens of fly species.
California's state ESA can be used for bee protection, and bee supporters—including Xerces Society—celebrate the ruling. Sarina Jepsen from Xerces is the guest.
To open up season 5 this week we will dive into a fascinating interview. Lorraine will explore with our guest how consciousness in parenthood can bring can be overwhelming. Self starter Xerces Alex Lewis helps her clients to regain inner strength by gently parenting themselves and their children. Today's message is about tuning into your divine self. You can check out our guest's website at https://www.divinemotherhood.org/
Tune in bug lovers to learn about monarch butterflies and why they have recently been added to the IUCN Red List for endangered animals. It's sad to see such a beloved insect be added to a list that sparks concerns. There have been many problems confronting monarchs for years and now we must worry about the future for these migratory wonders. Tune in to learn about monarch biology, what the Red List means, and what you can do to help monarchs bounce back. An adult monarch sipping nectar. Photo by Jody Green. Show NotesMonarch was added to “:red list” of threatened species, endangered”, “Two steps from extinction” https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202207/migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list Learn more about the IUCN (International Union for Conservation for Nature) https://www.iucn.org Why do we like monarchs: August 22, 1987 article in the NYTimes Monarch Butterfly as Ideal National Symbol https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/22/opinion/l-monarch-butterfly-is-the-ideal-national-symbol-134687.html by Allen M. Young, insect ecologist, curator and head of invertebrate zoology section of Milwaukee Public Museum. Heighten public awareness of interrelatedness of all species. Iconic insect or Umbrella species (according to Scott Hoffman Black from Xerces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0tsGPR8gw) WHERE TO LEARN MORE Monarch Watch https://www.monarchwatch.org/ Monarch Joint Venture https://monarchjointventure.org/ US Fish and Wildlife https://www.fws.gov/initiative/pollinators/monarchs Xerces Society https://xerces.org/monarchs World Wildlife Fund https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/monarch-butterfly#:~:text=The%20monarch%20butterfly%20is%20known,white%20spots%20along%20the%20edges. National Wildlife Federation https://www.nwf.org/mayorsmonarchpledge The life of a monarch butterfly from egg to adult, by Jody Green. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner! This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Beginning/ending theme: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
In today's episode, we talk with Matthew Shepherd from the Xerces Society about the organization's wonderful book, 100 Plants To Feed The Bees: Provide A Healthy Habitat To Help Bees Thrive. Plants discussed on this show: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis); False Indigo or Lead Plant (Amorpha); Steeplebush or Meadowsweet (Spirea); and Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium). Go to the Be Safe Nursery Plants Campaign on the Xerces website: https://xerces.org/pesticides/bee-safe-nursery-plants. Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice-monthly discussions about restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard. Access the BIRD HUGGER Newsletter here: www.birdhuggerpodcast.com. Send your questions about birds and native gardening to birdhuggerpodcast@gmail.com. (PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC.
On this week's Good Growing podcast we are celebrating National Pollinator Week! We give helpful tips for helping out pollinators plus our favorite pollinator plants. Plus, tons of resources if you're looking to include pollinator habitat in your landscape. Watch us YouTube https://youtu.be/YhxRfaGN2PU 0:26 - Hi Katie! 0:36 - Those Darn Racoons 2:25 - Hi Ken! 4:11 - What are pollinators? 8:10 - Tips for helping pollinators 8:51 - Reduce pesticide use and minimize pollinator exposure if spraying 12:18 - Create nesting habitat 15:26 - Protect existing habitat 17:16 - Plant more flowers 18:59 - Utilize different blossom shapes 21:51 - Advice for designing a pollinator garden 27:51 - Favorite plants 28:08 - Ken: Purple coneflower, butterfly milkweed, rattlesnake master, blanket flower, sunflowers, grey-headed coneflower, obedient plant 29:46 - Katie: Beebalm (Monarda), lantana, beardtongue 31:34 - Chris: Zinnia, parsley, Autumn Joy sedum, giant alliums 34:40 - Resources for those wanting more - Pollinator Pockets https://extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/pollinator-pockets - Illinois Extension Pollinator Website – coming soon! - Pollinator partnership https://www.pollinator.org/ - Xerces society https://www.xerces.org/ - Monarch Waystation Project https://monarchwatch.org/waystations/ - Indiana/Illinois Sea Grant Pollinator Garden brochures https://iiseagrant.org/resources/publications-products/results/?_sft_creator=c-eliana-brown - Become an Illinois Master Naturalist https://extension.illinois.edu/mn - iPollinate https://ipollinate.illinois.edu/ -- Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe -- Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.
We address the feedback we received on our episode with Sharon at Xerces in this episode. Once again please please download Xerces Buying Bee Safe Plants document and keep asking the questions of everyone you buy plants from and be sure to ask about their use through the ENTIRE supply chain. Our theme music was composed and performed by Heather's son Callum, and the challenging job of audio editing done by the uber-talented Laura Eccleston.
This was a bombshell of an interview for us. We were horrified and brought to tears by what we learned from Sharon in this conversation. Please please please download the two excellent guidelines for consumers and retailers about what to ask suppliers about the persistent systemic insecticides that may be present in your nursery bought plants- ESPECIALLY if you buy from big box stores. Buying Bee Safe Plants Offering Bee Safe Plants: Guide for Nurseries You can also learn so much from Xerces webinars on these topics: Buying Bee Safe Plants Webinar Sharon's top notch webinar about pesticides, which will teach you so much can be found here: Pesticides and Pollinators - Sharon's excellent webinar You think you are buying plants to help the pollinators- when in fact you are luring them to a potentially toxic plant that will kill them or prevent them from multiplying. Yes, it is horrific... we all have to put pressure on the nursery industry- retail and wholesale to come clean about what they are doing. The essential references mentioned in the conversation: Understanding Neonicotinoids All the other systemic insecticides the nursery and ag industries are using And lastly, but by no means least- a timeline of the regulation (lack thereof) in Canada by the good folks at Edmonton Chapter of the Council of Canadians and Mark Stumpf-Allen of Alberta Organic Master Gardeners Neonicotenoid Timeline Canada Our theme music was composed and performed by Heather's son Callum, and the challenging job of audio editing done by the uber-talented Laura Eccleston.
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They dance. They flirt. They will steal your heart. They are spiders. Jumping spiders, specifically, and impassioned spider scientist Dr. Sebastian Echeverri is on board to tell you all about their sexy dances. How far can a jumping spider jump? What makes a good spider dancer? Why are they so cute? Can you sample their mating drumming and make a sick industrial-EDM track that feels like you're in a Berlin discotheque? Buckle up for the grooviest Spooktober of your life. BUY the sick track “Habronattus: Multimodal Display” https://ologies.bandcamp.com/releasesCreated by www.jasonscardamalia.com/ and featuring recordings by Dr. Damian Elias with proceeds going toward spider research Dr. Sebastian Echeverri's website https://www.spiderdaynightlive.com/Follow Dr. Sebastian Echeverri: twitter.com/spiderdayNight and https://www.instagram.com/spiderdaynightliveDonations went to: www.entopoc.org/ and Xerces.orgMore links and info at alieward.com/ologies/dancingspidersSponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsorsTranscripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extrasBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologiesOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now… MASKS. Hi. Yes. Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologiesFollow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWardSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray MorrisTranscripts by Emily White of www.thewordary.com/
An announcement for further depictions, themes, and representation. Along with an apology for our mishandling of racial themes throughout the campaign, and clarification on main character representation. Mikey: Hi, everyone. This is an announcement tackling the issue of our depictions of racism in this universe. We set out to bring more attention to the topic, and greatly mishandled it. More specifically-me. I did. I didn't properly research the topic before starting a podcast, and used sources that were not prevalent to the perspective of minorities in America. Moving forward we want to retcon the racism out of the universe and focus more on the themes of the military industrial complex, fascism, capitalism, and classism. I'm personally sorry about my mishandling of this topic, and putting my best friends in the situation where they have to depict these scenarios, so we're stopping that. I also want to specify that from now on we will only depict things we understand and perspectives we have. We also want to have fun and enjoyable stories that we can make accessible to as many people as we can to avoid exclusion. Nathaniel: About speaking only on experiences that we know personally, I wanted to clarify that my only intention for Patches is to portray her reaction due to the trauma I saw the character having been through. I do not want to claim that she has an established disorder or condition such as ptsd and I don't want to pretend that I understand what that's like to be going through that, so I just wanted to address that. Connar: As for my character, Val, she was never designed to represent an oppressed people for any sort of racial reasons. Uh, canonically the triton kingdoms are designed to be more pseudo socialist societies where they maintain the majority of the economy for individual profit. It's more of a classist issue than a racist one with the tritons. Josh: Yeah and for my character, Xerces, he's..I decided to be a demon. When I think of demon in like a DnD sense, I think of like a murder hungry, wants to eat souls, evil demon, that's how I depicted Xerces as. I didn't wanna..That's what..that's how..that's what demons are in this world. Mikey: We're gonna stray away from the racism by cutting it out entirely. Moving forward, we kind of want to make sure we're saying in our lane, and portraying what we do portray correctly. So, if you see us mess up, feel free to let us know on our social medias. I will go back, either trying to cut it out, if it's something I can't cut out, I'll do the best that I can and put an announcement during the break and take off monetization so we don't profit off of us doing something problematic. As for bonus content, any...most of our bonus content is heavily based in the racism of the universe so well probably end up taking it down. Other than that, we're sorry and we plan to do better. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/magic-dagger/support
An airhacks.fm conversation with Patrik Dudits (@pdudits) about: Sparc Workstation, then 486 computer, the Camel book at highschool, inspired by Kraftwerk, a Java Demo CD, CGI coldstart project, the XML publishing pipeline--the Apache Cocoon project, Xerces and Xalan with plain Java, the rotating cube applet, the Camel Book is about the Pearl language, from Pearl to Java, the "Write Once, Run Everywhere" cheating, working and learning in Kosice, building websites with Apache Cocoon, developing ABAP at SAP, ABAP and consistency, switching from ABAP to Java, using the Netweaver Application Server, Web Dynpro for web development, code generators rarely work in practice, low code and code generation, building electric vehicle charging station management system, OSGi, ActiveMQ and GlassFish 3, Glassfish ships with monitoring capabilities and admin console, replacing OSGi modules with EARs for faster starts, using JCA for socket communication, Raft and Paxos leader election pattern, blue green deployments with application servers, starting at Payara, attending airhacks.com workshops, starting at Payara, working on profiling, implementing Jakarta EE TCK build, starting to work on a cloud application server, an application server as kubernetes operator, Payara admin server starts Payara Micro instances, payara cloud without YAML, namespaces, projects and stages, applications in the same namespace can easily communicate with each other, Payara Cloud monitoring and metrics, Payara Cloud runs on AKS, exposing business metrics to Payara Cloud, custom DNS name registration, working on Payara Cloud API, Payara ships with openID connector Patrik Dudits on twitter: @pdudits, Patrik's blog: https://pdudits.github.io/
In this episode we talk first with Molly Martin, the coordinator of Bee City USA, and Bee Campus USA, both supported by the Xerces Society. The Xerces Society is as Pro Pollinator as any group can get, there's no doubt about that. Of course, our honey bees are probably the best-known pollinators, but there are thousands more out there – other bees of course, but butterflies, birds, bats, beetles, and a host of other creatures. It all began some years ago when Phyllis Stiles developed a program that cities, and then campuses could adopt that would enhance the environment of that city or campus to the advantage of all the pollinators that lived within its borders. The city or campus would work to develop additional habitat, reduce habitat loss, add to or develop an IPM program to reduce pesticide use, ensure that new plantings would be local, native and beneficial to pollinators, and work to make residents more aware of, support and nurture the value and the benefits of working with pollinators instead of against them. Phyllis worked on growing this program, and after several years began working with the Xerces Society to help grow it even more. Today, there are 266 total associates in this program, in 44 states, and the growth has not slowed one bit. Bee Associates, cities or campuses, must from a committee that includes officials and volunteers to make certain the goals of this organization are carried out, new directions are followed and existing programs that do not enhance pollinators are removed or modified. Xerces provides ample educational web sites, webinars, videos, signage, and additional support to the community so that the efforts of the city or campus not only continues to grow, but also continues to improve. Then, Jeff makes an unplanned visit to talk with the City of Olympia's project leader for their recent Bee City Certification, Amy Stulls. Amy shares the City's inspiration, plan, program and future of their Bee City designation. Amy is definitely someone to listen to if you are planning a Bee City certification for your town. Listen in as Molly and then Amy share what you will need to do to become a Bee City USA, or Bee Campus USA and help grow an organization the supports honey bees and beekeeping certainly, and all pollinators. Links and websites mentioned in this podcast: Bee City USA / Bee Campus USA: https://beecityusa.org Xerces Society: https://www.xerces.org Bee-ing Diverse - Bee Culture October Event: https://store.beeculture.com/beeing-diverse-inspiring-leaders-in-beekeeping-october-2021/ Honey Bee Obscura Podcast - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com ______________ We welcome Betterbee as sponsor of today's episode. BetterBee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, BetterBee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global Patties is a family business that manufactures protein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hives protein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and health colonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow. Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custom patties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode! We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a quarterly magazine destined for your coffee table. Each page of the magazine is dedicated to the stories and photos of all pollinators and written by leading researchers, photographers and our very own, Kim Flottum. _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Follow to Beekeeping Today Podcast today! Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thank you for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"; Musicalman, "Epilogue". Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC
Sparklebuttology (FIREFLIES) with Sara Lewis We're BACK! With a fresh new episode to light up your life and butt. World renowned firefly expert Dr. Sara Lewis of Tufts University joins to share her love of a bug that many think is merely a mythological delight. Learn how these tiny animals illuminate the night, the dos and don'ts of firefly observation, how to take good firefly photos, femme fatales, pink glowworms, secret languages, artificial lights, what's up with their population numbers, why Western states can chill out with their lightning bug envy, and how you can ensure the world stays aglow with these beloved bugs. Also: nuptial gifts, both human and lampyridological. Dr. Sara Lewis's website silentsparks.com Buy her book, Silent Sparks: The Wonderous World of Fireflies! Follow her at Twitter.com/silent_spark More links at www.alieward.com/ologies/sparklebuttology A donation went to: Xerces.org Sponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now… MASKS. Hi. Yes. Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today the Four Horsemen have a laid back day. Ato'm buys information on Patches's cybernetics, and the crew just enjoys a low stress shopping day. Val gets a Gunblade, Xerces has a horrifying realization, Spicy returns, and the Ato'm has to explain a superhero to Val and Patches. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
(CW: Mouth Noises, Trauma, Amnesia, Thalassophobia) The Four Horsemen enjoy a sincere, off the ship, day off. They celebrate Haifukio Day with the queen while Xerces tries to not let his "past self" ruin his enjoyment of the holiday. Xerces also solves the puzzle of the most recent box and discovers more about his past and future than he ever expected to learn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
(CW: Mouth Noises, Minor Ringing/Background noise, Mental Health, Body Horror (Selkie), ) The Four Horsemen are brought before Queen Yamatai. Val is pleasantly surprised by the exclusivity in a place she feared to go. Xerces begins to question everything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Green Gab Podcast – Green Homes, Green Living and Green Companies
Today, I am doing something a little different. Laryssa Kwoczak, my guest, is also a podcaster, so today, I am her guest, too. We will be releasing this podcast on her platform as well as on mine. Listen in to our fascinating conversation to learn more about Laryssa, why bees are such an important part of our world, what you need to know before attracting bees to your garden, and so much more. Did I mention resources? We’ll have plenty of those for you, too. About Laryssa Laryssa lives in Hawaii. She has been keeping bees for about ten years. She used to work for a commercial apiary where she was teaching people about bees. The Buzz About Bees When she stopped doing that, she started doing her podcast called The Buzz About Bees. Laryssa created her podcast to dive a bit deeper into the hive and what bees do, and what the beekeeper does. She tries to make her podcast as friendly to non-beekeepers as possible. Why bees are so important Bees are important because they make honey, plus they pollinate foods like nuts, fruit, and vegetables, and flowers. They are an integral part of our world, and they are fascinating creatures. Bees are also food for birds, and they help the soil. Honey Honey has antibacterial properties. It gets used in bandaging for burn victims because it helps pull the moisture out. Never goes bad Honey is the only food that never goes bad. Planting for honey bees Honey bees have an action called flower fidelity, so they like to fill their sacks with just one kind of nectar for months at a time. So, when you are planting for bees, it is good to have more than one plant of one variety to encourage the bees by making it worth their while to stop by. One of the best pollinators The pollen sticks to the fuzzy bodies of the bees. Then they go to the next flower of the same variety, spread the pollen, and pollinate it. That is why honey bees are one of the best pollinators. Lots of everything Different things attract different pollinators. So, have lots of everything! Herbs are great to plant if you want to attract pollinators to your garden. Natural practices It is healthier for everything in your garden if you use natural practices and trust that the bees know what they are doing. Attracting bees Before you try to attract bees to your garden, make it a healthy environment for them by not using harsh chemicals, like weed killers that could kill them. Do not spray any weed killers, even natural ones, in the garden during the daytime when the bees are around. Sunset is the best time to spray. But it is best not to spray at all because some weeds are food for bees. Planting for the bees Planting some bee-friendly flowers is a great way to attract bees to your garden. Planting flowers like tulips, or goldenrod, that come up in the early spring or late fall is best because that's when the bees are desperate for food. Butterflies are amazing Butterflies can sniff out their host plant from over a mile away. If you plant something that attracts a certain kind of butterfly, there is a chance that they live in your area that they will find it. Great places to go for resources The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge is a great place to go for resources. You can also post your garden on that site. There is also Xerces.org, where you can go to your state, and it will tell you what to plant for native pollinators, as well as honey bees. Finding more pollinator-friendly places Laryssa encourages people not just to think about their yard, but also to get involved with their homeowner's association and to talk with their neighbors to find places in the neighborhood that can be made more pollinator-friendly. Potted plants If you are not interested in pulling weeds or dealing with unwanted pests, potted plants are also great for attracting bees. Don’t be afraid You do not have to be afraid of having bees in your garden because bees are unlikely to sting. Honey bees will die if they sting you. Creating a green environment around your home Many different practices will support you in working with nature and help you create a pollinator-friendly environment around your home. Referral Links: My website Green Home Coach Book: Living Green Effortlessly Facebook Group: Love Your Everyday Green Home Curated for your yard and garden The Buzz About Bees Podcast Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Lists Million Pollinator Garden Challenge ID plants Bees in My Backyard videos "This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. That means that if you make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products or services that I believe in and usually use myself."
(CW: Nightmares, Trauma, Breathing, Mental Break, Panic, Creepy) The crew spent the night in their loaned-out tent. Over the night Xerces spent his time solving the puzzle he left himself in the past. He meets up with General Borag to get his next box while everyone else seeks out a potential contact. Val desires breakfast, and Xerces desires answers. Patches fears she may be losing her mind. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The gang goes undercover this week, with Spike Lee's 2018 thriller drama based off real events, BlacKKKlansman (2018) starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Topher Grace. The 80's period piece set in the heart of Colorado follows Colorado Spring's first black police office, as he helps infiltrates the local chapter of the KKK. A lot of powerful emotions, fantastic acting, and some great laughs were shared. Watch this one today, then follow along with Tyler, Pete, and Joseph. In News this week: Denver Jeff, Cloverfield 2, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Cloverfield Paradox, Ratatouille, Stuart Little, Passion of the Christ, Willard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, J.J. Abrahams, Matt Reeves, Bad Robot, Paramount Pictures, Joe barton, The Batman, Robert Pattison, Harley Quinn, Peter Jackson, King Kong, Valhalla Rising, TJ Miller, Yogi Bear, Silicon Valley, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Chambers, Luca Guadagnino, Timothee Chalamet, Call me by Your Name, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lopez, The Godfather, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Death Wish, The Man with the Golden Gun, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Godfather 2, Cloris Leachman, Peter Boyle, Raising Hope, Beefest, Pigeon Kings, Greta, Hard Candy, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Songs From the Second Floor, You the Living, Midnight Special, Michael Shannon, Looper, Joel Edgerton, Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino, Jackie Brown, Christoph Waltz, Reservoir Dogs, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Hunter Hunter, Shudder, Devon Sawa, Tom Hardy, The Revenant, Bone Tomahawk, Green Inferno, HBO Max, Hulu, Showtime, Amazon Prime, Netflix, cable TV, Golden Girls, The Matrix, Justice League, Zac Snyder, Joss Whedon, Watch men, Sin City, 300, Xerces, Henry Cavill, Man of Steel, Hercules, Clash of the Titans, M. Night Shyamalan, The Animatrix, Blade Runner 2049, Dave Bautista, Andrew Yang, Possum, Lords of Chaos, Kieran Culkin, Rory Culkin, The Good Son, McCauley Culkin, Richie Rich, Welcome to Willits, The Greasy Stranger, Red Letter Media, Michael St Michaels, Verotika, Tim and Eric, Mister America, Up, Inside Out, Cold Case Files, Wallace and Grommet, Box Trolls, Coraline, Leica , Kubo and the two strings, Max and Mary, Shaun the Sheep, Email us at MCFCpodcast@gmail.com Joseph Navarro Pete Abeyta and Tyler Noe Streaming Picks: Selena - HBO Max, HuluNeon Genesis: The End of Evangelion - NetflixTriple Nine - NetflixDeath Becomes Her - HBO Max, DirecTVIn and of Itself - HuluOnward - Disney+A Grand Night in: The Story of AardmanThe Uncanny Counter - Netflix
(CW: PTSD, Disassociation, Depression, Racial Misrepresentation, Trauma) The crew heads out to Xerces old base. The Sune Supers' HQ. After they collect the map, they quickly make their way to their first destination: Access City. There, they get food and Xerces's allergies go haywire as they get close to his first treasure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Some California vineyards are looking to a lesser known certification: Bee Better Certified.
Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a biologist and writer who has worked in conservation biology around the world. While the Xerces Blue butterfly disappeared in the early 1940s, in its honor Bob founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Contrary to the popular conservation cliché, extinction may not always have to be forever. In the year 2000, Bob published an article he called “Resurrection Ecology” suggesting the Xerces rise again. This proposal is not entirely fictional if we endeavor to rewild ourselves and address some important implications for ethics and justice in the process. The Native American Ethnobotany Database http://herb.umd.umich.edu “Resurrection Ecology” in Butler, Tom, ed., Wild Earth 10, no. 3 (Fall 2000). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/files/key_docs/rcc_00097010_3_1.pdf Culturally competent approaches in conservation biology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dzSglgAeq4 Pacific madrone: sacred, emergent, adaptive *Hosted by Tacoma Tree Foundation January 28, 2021 @12 PM PST Join me to hear about the interspecies love story we share with qʷiqʷəł (Pacific madrone). We will celebrate this sacred and iconic tree to build a shared understanding about its cultural significance. I will explore the complex interactions and patterns that arise in madrone forests that harbor biodiversity belowground and in the canopy. Importantly, I also want to highlight the adaptive capacity and resiliency of the species amidst climate disruption. *Find links to the meetup on Facebook https://fb.me/e/1T0GmN420 and people can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xIzmsJCdSrGON9DRrzIWxw Visit the episode details at the treehugger website Music on this episode was Butterfly Launches from Spar Pole Tell a few friends about the show and follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @treehuggerpod Review treehugger podcast on iTunes
(CW: Theft, Bullying, Toxic Behavior, Manipulative behavior, Sexism, Objectification of a WLW Couple, Language) The Crew is finally ready to commit the first official heist in a long time. They break off to complete their own tasks: Val goes to steal valuables, Xerces watches cameras, Patches and Ato'm go for the money in the vaulted server room, and Cal keeps a look out for Provisional chatter. Hopefully they can pull it off without a hitch! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Such a great chat this week with Dr. Stephanie Frischie from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation ! Stephanie is an agronomist and native plant specialist and so generously and clearly talks us through types of pollinators we didn't know about and how to enhance habitat on our farms. The great book by Xerces that Clara refers to early on in the conversation is: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. 2014. Farming with Native Beneficial Insects. Ecological Pest Control Solutions. Storey Publishing. 257 pp. The resources Stephanie mentions in this episode are as follows (thanks so much for these great links Stephanie!) Bumble Bee Watch – Community Science project to observe bumble bees and bumble bee nests and upload photos for ID verification and to add to our understanding of where these insects are, when they are there and what habitat resources they are using. Bee City Canada - Bee City Canada's mission is to inspire cities, towns, First Nations, schools, businesses and other organizations to take action to protect pollinators. We offer programs that recognize communities and organizations that are taking steps or are committed to future initiatives to help pollinators. A school or a First Nation that is engaged in such activities can apply to be designated as a Bee School or Bee City. These programs are free. Skinner Native Seeds (John Skinner) in Robin MB has been our primary native seed partner with the Cheerios habitat work and offers a pollinator seed mix for the Canadian Prairies. Cheerios-Xerces Pollinator Habitat Program (available in SK and MB) – contact me at stephanie.frischie@xerces.org or 219-208-5879 Xerces publications, relevant to our conversation: Maintaining Diverse Stands of Wildflowers Planted for Pollinators Interseeding Wildflowers to Diversify Grasslands for Pollinators On-farm habitat for beneficial insects provides multiple benefits (Aug 2020 blog, including beetle banks) And Stephanie mentions Budburst Project as another community science initiative that we can get involved in!
(CW: Identity Theft, Sedation, Break-in, and Theft) It's time for heist prep! Someone has to do it, right? The crew breaks up into 3 teams: Patches and Ato'm go buy supplies, Xerces and Cal go steal some identities, and Val and Day go steal some transportation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
(CW: PTSD) Tibs suggests that the crew practices before the big day. Ato'm and Val team up against Patches and Xerces. Hopefully they can learn how to play the game before facing off against two strong professional teams tomorrow. Sorry for the short episode this week. The next episode will be a little bit longer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
(CW: PTSD, Genocide, and abandonment issues) These crew takes some time to train. Xerces teaches Ato'm some more magic, Val and Nori wrestle, Patches and Horace test their abilities, and they all attempt to avoid the Provision. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
(CW: Child Death, PTSD, Abusive Relationships, Vehicle Accident, and Murder) When we last left, off our lovable criminals were sent on a scavenger hunt in episode 4. All Hell breaks loose; Patches is recovering from her PTSD episode, Xerces begins to experience an anger attack, and Val fears the worst for Ato'm. Listen as our four misfits struggle to survive a firing squad and try to get the last items they need to fix Val's statuette. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This year at the beginning of the Salzburg festival British conductor Ivor Bolton leads Mozarteumsorchester Salzburg performing a program of W. A. Mozart - Missa c-Moll, Adagio und Fuge für Streicher c-Moll, and Vesperae solennes de Confessore für Soli, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel C-Dur. Ivor Bolton today is balancing his responsibilities as Chief Conductor of the Basel Sinfonieorchester, Artistic Director of the Teatro Real in Madrid, Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra and Conductor Laureat of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. In the UK he has been Music Director of English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. His many recordings, apart from those with the Mozarteumorchester, include Monteverdi’s Poppea and Handel’s Xerces and Ariodante at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Shortly interviewed on the morning of festivals opening, conductor opens up about his 21 years of history in Salzburg festival and the situation this year that shook the classical music world as a whole.
(CW: Child Abuse, PTSD, Racial tension, Mock Racism, Mutilation, Graphic behavior, Violence) Having collected a variety of supplies and abilities, our four hooligans attempt to retrieve a Power Cell. While trying to escape the bottom of a massive cavern, Horace struggles with the lingering side-effects of his newly-repaired horn. Xerces tries his hand at a skill he isn't very good at. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Tangents crew needed to get out and enjoy some summer sun, so this week we're reposting our classic 'Bees' episode! Tune in next week for a new episode! Do you ever just wonder, “are the bees doing okay?” They’re so important to our food industry and native ecosystems, and every couple of years it seems like something horribly bad is happening to them. So this week, we’re taking a look at the fascinating lives and deaths of bees! Can they recognize human faces or understand the concept of zero? Why are blister beetles mimicking sexy bee pheromones? And what do nightclubs and honeybee hives have in common? Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Poem] https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120316-hot-bee-balls-hornets-insects-brains-animals-science/ http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/206/2/353.full.pdf [Truth or Fail] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184343 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1124 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/insects-recognize-faces-using-processing-mechanism-similar-to-that-of-humans/ [Fact Off] Blister beetles & ground bees: https://www.pnas.org/content/115/39/9756 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/bees-blister-beetles-evolution-parasites-pheromones-news/ http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/News/How_Blister_Beetle_Nest_Parasites_Cooperate_to_Mimic_the_Sex_Pheromone_of_a_Solitary_Bee/ Drunk bees: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2001/dec/13/research.highereducation1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22-boozing-bees/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0741832905001497 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074742708001433 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002219100600165X [Ask the Science Couch] CCD: https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorder Glyphosate: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/17/2799 https://www.glyphosate.eu/glyphosate-mechanism-action https://www.pnas.org/content/115/41/10305 Native bees: https://www.wired.com/2015/04/youre-worrying-wrong-bees/ http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Xerces_policy_statement_HB_Final.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722319/ [Butt One More Thing] Isopentyl acetate: https://www.extension.entm.purdue.edu/beehive/pdf/Breed_et_al.pdf https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/isoamyl_acetate#section=Top
(CW: Abusive relationships and negligence) Join as Val, Patches, Xerces, and Ato'm go out on a fetch quest, and Val discovers just how fast the ship can go at max speed. The four discuss Weekend at Burnie's and Ato'm is endangered by Val again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
SponsorFunding is provided in part by the Canada and Manitoba governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.Additional sponsorship has been provided by Secan.SeCan is the largest supplier of certified seed to Canadian farmers with more than 600 independent seed business members from coast to coast engaged in seed production, processing and marketing. We are a private, not-for-profit, member corporation with the primary goal of accessing and promoting leading genetics.https://www.secan.com/Resources linksThe Xerces Society has some great resources:https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/north-centralSave the fireflies. Do you know what firefly larva can do for your crops?https://xerces.org/endangered-species/fireflieshttps://www.xerces.org/endangered-species/fireflies https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/conserving-jewels-of-nighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJqKStBOLHchttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiPLPJuySOgn6CbjkOxqLQ?reload=9 Want to speak with Stephanie Frischie from the Xerces Society about starting a pollinator patch on your farm?stephanie.frischie@xerces.orgMobile: 219 208 5879Want to ask Mike Killewald from the University of Manitoba a question about bugs?killewam@myumanitoba.caHere are some of Mike's recommended links:Discoverlife.org and bugguide.net have some great identification and general resources, although their identification resources might be somewhat hard for the general public to use.Decent guide for "what's that bug?" type identification because it's broken down by general insect shape. https://www.insectidentification.org/The Manitoba Government website has lots of great resources:https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/insects/Specifically, the insect scouting guide can be downloaded for free here and has a lot of species-specific information on controlling pests of many crops grown in Manitoba. https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/guides-and-publications/index.html#fsgPollinators.msu.edu has lots of great resources about bees, including managing wildflowers for pollinators and creating a bee hotel. The bee hotels are an easy way to manage native bees in your backyard. Pdf can be downloaded here https://pollinators.msu.edu/resources/pollinator-planting/native-bee-habitat/For Manitoba crop specific insect updates you can request to be part of John Gavloski's email list: John.Gavloski@gov.mb.ca. He sends out the occasional insect reports during the growing season. There is also this resource if you don't have it:http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.852934/publication.htmlWhitney Cranshaws' Garden Insects book is a good one, but not really tailored toward agriculture. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/41619Allison mentioned that you can find regional resources on Pollinator Partnership Canada.https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/Favourite booksThese are available for sale through booksellers (not from Xerces). They are available as thank you gifts for becoming a member of Xerces. https://gifts.xerces.org/https://www.xerces.org/publications/books/farming-with-native-beneficial-insectshttps://xerces.org/publications/books/attracting-native-pollinatorsBees in your backyard by Wilson and Messinger Carril https://www.beesinyourbackyard.com/Bumble bees of North America by Williams et al. are great resources for people wanting a physical book about bees. Guest bio for Stephanie FrischieBased in northwest Indiana, Stephanie provides pollinator habitat expertise to farms in Canada and the U.S. She also works with the native seed industry and researchers to plan and develop seed supply of important plant species for restoration of insect habitat. Before joining Xerces, Stephanie conducted research on the potential of native cover crops in Spanish olive orchards at Semillas Silvestres, S.L. through the Native Seed Science, Technology and Conservation (NASSTEC) grant. Previously, she was the plant materials and conservation programs manager for eleven years at the Nature Conservancy's Kankakee Sands restoration project in northwest Indiana. Stephanie volunteers as a rare plant monitor with Plants of Concern and is the secretary of the International Network for Seed-based Restoration. Her master's of science is from Northwestern University/Chicago Botanic Garden's Conservation Land Management Program and she holds a bachelor's of science in international agronomy from Purdue University.Guest Bio for Allison SquiresAllison was born in St. John's, NFLD and grew up primarily in Southern Ontario. After completing her BSc in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON) she moved to Saskatoon, SK to complete first her MSc and then Ph.D. in Toxicology at the University of Saskatchewan. Like Cody, Allison is very interested in promoting the organic industry, especially through on-farm research. Allison supports involving organic producers at the individual farm level and believes that it will contribute to the overall applicability of organic research. As such both her and Cody have implemented several on-farm research projects at Upland Organics. Allison enjoys managing the research programs for Upland Organics and is always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with research scientists, agriculture industry professionals, and other organic producers. Allison serves the national organic community as a director on the Canadian Organic Growers board and in 2020 was also elected to the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) North America board of Directors.Keep learning about pollinators at these events/webinars:SaskOrganics: June 26 - The Bee's Knees: Supporting Wild Bee Diversity on Farms Webinar (Allison is a speaker for this webinar)SaskOrganics: July 10 - Nurturing Nature: Fostering Biodiversity on Farms Webinar (Stephanie is a speaker for this webinar)The Organic Center: July 11 - Biodiversity and Profitability on Organic Farms
Ashley Emery interviews Xerces, Sex & Intimacy Coach. Xerces gives our listeners some tips on how to keep it spicy during quarantine, cute quarantine ideas, and lets us know how our confidence can be the sexiest thing in the bedroom. This conversation is for those who are single and in a relationship. Get connected with Xerces @sensualxerces. Check out her website: www.sensualsoul.org and check out her Sensual Bae Darkroom on Facebook Groups.
In this episode we hang out with Xerces Lewis. Xerces is the founder of Sensual Soul healing. She guides women in healing their sexual past and energy to become the confident goddess they desire in bed. Check out 5 Ways to Align with Feminine Energy for Pleasure (in life + bed): https://sensualsoul.squarespace.com/blog/5-ways-to-align-with-feminine-energy-for-pleasure-in-life-bed Connect with Xerces: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xercesalex.lewis Instagram: https:// instagram.com/sensualxerces Listen on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/judithvergara Support the Play Inspired Podcast On Patreon: https://patreon.com/judithvergara Connect with Judith: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judithnvergara Instagram: https://instagram.com/judithvvergara Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cub5VWJXDbg Music Credits: Track: Raven & Kreyn - So Happy [NCS Official Video] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch: https://youtu.be/cmVdgWL5548 Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/SoHappyYO
Since we just put out the "All (Washed) Hands on Deck" episode on Sunday, we figured a happy Springtime encore about fluttery, colorful cuties was in order -- with a few new updates and asides. Because ... Butterflies are gross. Yes they are delightful and beautiful and part of any idyllic picnic-scape but lepidopterologist, TV host and jungle explorer Phil Torres is here to gossip about how shamelessly disgusting our favorite bugs actually are. Learn their secrets, their mating habits, how they turn themselves into goo and then into another creature, what moth is the most goth, what flowers to plant to attract them, the scariest thing about the jungle and what it feels like to help discover new species. Also butterflies get sloppy drunk and we talk all about it. For more info, see: Phil-Torres.com Follow Phil on Twitter and Instagram and TikTok More info on the COVID-19 volunteer scientist database: https://tinyurl.com/COVID19SciVolunteers Sponsor links: hellofresh.com/ologies10; linkedin.com/ologies Donations went to Xerces.org & MealsonWheelsAmerica.org Follow Phil's inspiration, @AndyBugGuy, on Twitter Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn More links at www.alieward.com/ologies/lepidopterologyencore Support the show.
Girl, you might as well just have a seat. It’s about to get REAL! If you’ve been keeping up, you know where we’ve been. If you’re just tuning in, we’re driving straight down “Sis, you need to hear this” street. We’ve been bringing you the best of the best, Beautiful Black Queens in honor of this historic month, celebrating their successes and absorbing aaaalllll of the gems they have to give! We know we’ve been talking to you about love since Cupid’s been lingering around. This week, our guest is giving us the goods on the sexual & spiritual side of these things! She has the credentials and essentials to lead you straight into the version of yourself you desire to be, starting with your mind! You can follow her on Instagram @soulfulxerces or on Facebook (Xerces A. Lewis). Get ready, Sis. She’s bringing the heat we ALL need!
The Pacific Northwest got not just one, but two great pollinator positions in 2019. Claire Kremen has moved her lab from Berkeley to the University of British Columbia and Corin Pease is the new regional Pollinator Conservation Planner at Xerces. In this show we hear about these new programs and what they have planned for 2020.
An airhacks.fm conversation with Sebastien Blanc (@sebi2706) about: Thomson MO5, every school in France needs to have a computer, printing the name with BASIC, the REM sadness, making yellow boxes, programming Logo in French, writing "root" and "house" procedures, no procedures in BASIC, the ACSLogo for Mac OS X, Berkeley Logo (UCBLogo), the Amstrad PC1512, using AMOS programming language for writing games, writing invoicing software with 14 and AMOS, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Siemens Nixdorf PC, QuickBasic on Siemens Nixdorf DX2-66, the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, average calculation for school notes with QuickBasic, writing ballistic games for TI BASIC (TI 99/4A), playing Nirvana on e-guitar, starting with Java in 2002, the Rational Rose Logo Edition, learning Java EE on JOnAS, Apache Tapestry, consulting with Apache Jetspeed, writing Java EE code for 7 years, hardtimes with WebSphere, Xerces and ClassLoading, refactorings to Maven, mobile web / Grails involvements, starting at RedHat's mobile team - AeroGear, Matthias Wessendorf, Matthias loves Java Server Faces (JSF), the unified push server, starting keycloak involvement, the security challenge, the keycloak religion, keycloak ships as WildFly distribution, keycloak is a WildFly subsystem, keycloak uses hibernate for persistence, keycloak manages users with credentials, keycloak ships with ready to UI to manage users, keycloak functionality is exposed as REST services, there is a Java client available - as REST wrapper, keycloak is a "remote" proxy realm, keycloak ships with adapters for major application servers out-of-the-box, keycloak comes with SSO - different application servers can share the same session, the security realm is a "territory", in keycloak a session is optional -- a microservice can use JWT token, using OIDC tokens, keycloak comes with servlet filters for servers without adapter support, the new keycloak approach is the Keycloak Gatekeeper, Keycloak Gatekeeper is a sidecar service, apache mod_auth_openidc, keycloak is oidc compliant -- any generic OIDC library should work, the JWT creation tool JWTenizr, the "Securing JAX-RS Endpoints with JWT" screencast, the oauth flows, oauth authorization flow, implicit flow and the hybrid flow, access token has to have short lifetime, using services accounts for schedulers, keycloak has a logout backchannel - available from servlet filter, pushing a timestamp also causes logout, HttpServletRequest#logout also logouts, the killer feature: keycloak stores the private keys in one place and makes public keys available via URI, Sebastien Blanc on twitter: @sebi2706
Do you ever just wonder, “are the bees doing okay?” They’re so important to our food industry and native ecosystems, and every couple of years it seems like something horribly bad is happening to them. So this week, we’re taking a look at the fascinating lives and deaths of bees! Can they recognize human faces or understand the concept of zero? Why are blister beetles mimicking sexy bee pheromones? And what do nightclubs and honeybee hives have in common? If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Poem] https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120316-hot-bee-balls-hornets-insects-brains-animals-science/ http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/206/2/353.full.pdf [Truth or Fail] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184343 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1124 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/insects-recognize-faces-using-processing-mechanism-similar-to-that-of-humans/ [Fact Off] Blister beetles & ground bees: https://www.pnas.org/content/115/39/9756 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/bees-blister-beetles-evolution-parasites-pheromones-news/ http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/News/How_Blister_Beetle_Nest_Parasites_Cooperate_to_Mimic_the_Sex_Pheromone_of_a_Solitary_Bee/ Drunk bees: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2001/dec/13/research.highereducation1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22-boozing-bees/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0741832905001497 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074742708001433 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002219100600165X [Ask the Science Couch] CCD: https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorder Glyphosate: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/17/2799 https://www.glyphosate.eu/glyphosate-mechanism-action https://www.pnas.org/content/115/41/10305 Native bees: https://www.wired.com/2015/04/youre-worrying-wrong-bees/ http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Xerces_policy_statement_HB_Final.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722319/ [Butt One More Thing] Isopentyl acetate: https://www.extension.entm.purdue.edu/beehive/pdf/Breed_et_al.pdf https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/isoamyl_acetate#section=Top
Want to learn more about Xerces Lewis? Check out this link: http://www.freedomcatalystcoaching.pagedemo.co Spiritual Awakening in 2019 seems to be happening en-masse… What is spiritual awakening? What are some “signs” or “symptoms” of spiritual awakening?? Xerces Lewis and I are talking about spiritual awakening and what is happening with the collective consciousness here in January of 2019… There are some powerful energies at work and a lot that seems to be happening for our species at the collective level. The internet is the collective consciousness manifested out into the world for us to navigate. Together, we are awakening and evolving at-scale in a time unlike any other point in human history…. It is important to discuss what is happening here! Spiritual awakening can be confusing. It is the process of self realization that allows us to FEEL our souls and spiritual power begin to awaken within ourselves… It might show up as a powerful experience you cannot explain… It might be confusing or even scary. When we awaken to our real power, it might be a time where we need some guidance. Let’s help you out! Interested in spiritual awakening here in the 21st century? Watch this show with Christy Forsyth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvXRX0t_lE&t=4s Want to learn more about the evolution of consciousness? Watch this show where I break down a theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzSJ6dXVcw Much Love!
What is a limiting belief? What is the law of attraction? How does it “work”? These questions are popping up more and more as our species awakens to our creative powers… Here's the thing about the law of attraction: It's your sub-conscious beliefs about the world that create your reality. On today's episode, I'm going to talk to Xerces Lewis about clearing limiting beliefs and getting into “alignment” with yourself! What does that mean? Tune into the show and find out! Xeres is a coach who helps folks overcome the beliefs that are holding them back so they can manifest more easily their true desires. Don't believe in any of this stuff? All the more reason for you to tune in! Let's get our learning caps on and dive into the show!
Matthew Shepherd is the Director of Communications and Outreach for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Jeff and Kim invited Matthew to Beekeeping Today Podcast to discuss the Xerces Society's various programs including Protecting Pollinators, Monarch and Bumble Bee Conservation, and finally Xerces' various Citizen Science undertakings. Afterwards, Kim provides his perspective on invertebrate conservation programs and their importance to beekeepers, in his Inner Covered. Xerces Society - www.xerces.org Questions/Comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"
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A little knitting and a lot of planning for upcoming events on today's show. Plus a couple of knitting tips, the perfect spirit buttons, and some bee talk. To see these show notes with photos, go to our website. Marsha's Projects Marsha started her second combo spin sweater so she'd have something going when the Opteka is finished. She is quite close to finishing Opteka. Kelly's Projects Kelly continues to work on the Indigo Frost poncho. Another careless moment led to a mistake. Instead of ripping back 8 rows of over 300 stitches, she attempted to rip out and re-knit only the section of 66 stitches that contained the mistake. It worked really well and the poncho is back on track. Since the poncho had a mistake that needed to be repaired in a quiet time period, Kelly pulled the linen Summer Fjord top back out and put about an inch on it. It has a few inches to go before the bottom ribbing and will be finished in time for warmer weather. Kelly also found the perfect buttons for her Curious Cardigan. They are buttons from Marsha's mother's button tin and they'll be perfect! Bee Update Kelly and Marsha talk about the bees. Kelly did some honey harvesting since the bees aren't going to need their honey for the quickly retreating California winter. Kelly also suggested that people who want to plant for the bees consider trees, or at least shrubs for their concentrated volume of nectar or pollen. Xerces society has plant lists for different areas of the country if you are interested.
182: Matthew Shepherd on Planting to Feed Bees. Expanding the habitat of an essential pollinator through our garden choices. Matthew's career began in England where he established a successful community-based conservation program in Essex and helped to create Samfire Hoe, an award-winning nature park. He has also worked with local communities and government agencies in Kenya to improve the management of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, on the coast north of Mombasa. He has created and maintained gardens that provide for insects and other wildlife everywhere he has lived, a passion that began when he learned gardening at his mother's side. Matthew's introduction to pollinator conservation actually came two decades ago, on a sunny hillside in southern England, while working on a project to protect disappearing grasslands. He was manually using an artist's paintbrush to transfer pollen between endangered orchids and realized there was obviously something missing in that ecosystem. Five years later, after marrying an American and moving to Oregon, Matthew was working for the Xerces Society at the vanguard of a new effort to protect pollinators. In the past 15 years, he has collaborated with people from all walks of life to promote awareness about, and protection of, pollinator insects, especially native bees. Matthew is author of numerous articles and other publications, including Attracting Native Pollinators and Gardening for Butterflies. He is now the Society's Communications Director, reducing the amount of time spent with pollinators, but increasing the time supporting the many other aspects of Xerces conservation work. IN THIS PODCAST: Greg chats with Matthew Shepherd of the Xerces Society to learn more about their latest book titled 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, as well as some of the projects the Society has been working on. Matthew's story of how he got to work for the Xerces Society is a little world tour and then he helps explain more about different bees and what they need. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/feedthebees for more information, photos and links on this podcast and to find links to our other great guests.
Death is still forever, but extinction may not be---at least for creatures that humans drove extinct in the last 10,000 years. Woolly mammoths might once again nurture their young in northern snows. Passenger pigeon flocks could return to America’s eastern forest. The great auk may resume fishing the coasts of the northern Atlantic. New genomic technology can reassemble the genomes of extinct species whose DNA is still recoverable from museum specimens and some fossils (no dinosaurs), and then, it is hoped, the genes unique to the extinct animal can be brought back to life in the framework of the genome of the closest living relative of the extinct species. For woolly mammoths, it’s the Asian elephant; for passenger pigeons, the band-tailed pigeon; for great auks, the razorbill. Other plausible candidates are the ivory-billed woodpecker, Carolina parakeet, Eskimo curlew, thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), dodo, Xerces blue butterfly, saber-toothed cat, Steller’s sea cow, cave bear, giant ground sloth, etc. The Long Now Foundation has taken “de-extinction” on as a project called “Revive & Restore,” led by Ryan Phelan and Stewart Brand. They organized a series of conferences of the relevant molecular biologists and conservation biologists culminating in TEDxDeExtinction, held at National Geographic in March. They hired a young scientist, Ben Novak, to work full time on reviving the passenger pigeon. He is now at UC Santa Cruz working in the lab of ancient-DNA expert Beth Shapiro. This talk summarizes the progress of current de-extinction projects (Europe’s aurochs, Spain’s bucardo, Australia’s gastric brooding frog, America’s passenger pigeon) and some “ancient ecosystem revival” projects---Pleistocene Park in Siberia, the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands, and Makauwahi Cave in Kaua’i. De-extinction has been described as a “game changer” for conservation. How might that play out for the best, and how might it go astray? In an era of “anthropocene ecology,” is it now possible to repair some of the deepest damage we have caused in the past?
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