Lots of Rusty’s out in Somers today! #rpbb #usfws #wdnr #rustypatched

I went back to the new Smolenski Park prairie restoration today. So glad I did! Saw more than 40 butterflies of 5 species. Identified more native plants, Saw lots of dragonflies, bees, a few hawks, and more!

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#RustyPatchedBumbleBee gyne fueling up on Cup Plant

Gyne on a stick in Somers WI Root Pike WIN Wisconsin DNR #RustyPatchedBumble The Xerces Society U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Red belted on Mackinac Island

HUGE thanks to the team from Amazon Fullfillment MKE 1 for all their hard work beautifying the area along Highway E in preparation for native plants!! #doinggreatthings #withcoolpeople #watershed #warriors #nativeplants for #waterquality

Rusty patched Gyne on obedient plant

Yesterday, experts from Wisconsin DNR excavated the now abandoned #rustypatchedbumblebee nest on my property. Here is part of the nest donated to science. It is estimated that ~1000 bees called it home! m.facebook.com/rootpikewin The Xerces Society U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service #bumblebees

Spring is here and so are the steelheads in Pike Creek! Root Pike WIN is working with the City of Kenosha to improve Washington Park's natural areas and native fish passage into the underserved neighborhoods upstream! #Kenosha #PikeCreek

Native Plant Sale Alert! 🌿 Support the Indian Trail High School and Academy Environmental Club by purchasing Wisconsin native plants through their plant sale! Purchase using the link below. Choose Indian Trail upon checkout. jniplants.com/online-plant-s…

Volunteers planted a native Pollinator Patch at Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum! Located within the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee zone, these native plants will provide critical support for these native bees🐝They also provide flood control & minimize runoff to the bordering Pike River 🌾

It was a wonderful week to plant a Pollinator Patch at the Racine Harbor Park Overlook! 🌿Very soon, a butterfly bench will also be installed so visitors can stop by and snap a photo of themselves as a butterfly amongst the flowers 🦋🌼

Each year, Root-Pike WIN gives away hundreds of native plants, and we LOVE it when our friends send us their planting photos!! 🌿Congratulations to Iris Rae from Somers Elementary (Somers Elementary) on winning a flat of Monarch Butterfly-supporting native plants! 🦋

We had a fantastic time transforming 1,500 square feet of turf grass into a native Pollinator Patch at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex! These gorgeous native plants will reduce mowing maintenance costs, soak up stormwater, and create vital habitat for native pollinators 🌿🦋🐝

Thanks Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative for bringing great organizations together to protect the Great Lakes! #franfortmi

Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network and the City of Kenosha hosted a community planting event at Washington Park, 1901 Washington Road, on Saturday. kenoshanews.com/news/community…

#RPBB on JPW… IYKYK

#Milkweed is not just for #Monarchs!

Conservation in the cloud…The restored headwaters of Lamparek Creek at the Microsoft #datacenter site in Mount Pleasant Root Pike WIN #wetlands #riverrestoration #Lakemichigan #pikeriver