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A Radical Rethinking of Your Lawn

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If you’ve joined us for the recent webinars focussing on Pollinator Zones, you’ve heard the message that what you grow in your yard, however large or small it might be,…

Advanced Pollinator Zones Webinar – Habitat Restoration Techniques & Polliscaping with ISU Master Gardeners – 06/06/20 @ 11 AM Central

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The third installment in Monarch Research’s five-part conference series will be held this Saturday, 06/06 at 11AM. In this session, “Advanced Pollinator Zones ~ Habitat Restoration Techniques and Polliscaping with…

Shout out to Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust!

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The Monarch Research Project sends a big THANK YOU to Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust for supporting our seed give aways this fall. Attendees at our recent Linn Landowner Forum…

1000 Acres Pollinator Initiative Receives ISAC’s Excellence in Action Award

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The following post is shared from the Linn County News feed posted on August 29, 2019. Linn County Conservation presented with 2019 Excellence in Action award from ISAC The Linn…

Rearing Monarch Butterflies Naturally in a Protected Environment

Update of a Monarch 6×6 BioTent on a naturally growing plot of milkweed stocked by wild OE free adult butterflies. We are conducting research to compare the success of monarchs…

Rearing on Autonomous Plots at MRS

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Guest post by Jabe Gonder, MRS Summer Research Intern. 6×6 milkweed plot is prepared for a BioTent This summer’s research is in full swing headed into the second week of…

Orlan Love Prairie Dedicated

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Orlan Love in the Orlan Love Prairie, Squaw Creek State Park. On Tuesday, June 24 a 6.6 acre pollinator prairie within Linn County’s Squaw Creek State Park was formally dedicated…

OE Testing

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Kallie is hard at work at the MRS testing for OE: Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, a single celled parasite that infects monarchs. We test every monarch in the station. Kallie tests adult…

4th Annual Linn Landowners Forum: Save the Date

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Mark September 29, 2019 on your calendar for the 4th Annual Linn County Landowner Forum. This year’s event will be special! We’re featuring a talk by Doug Tallamy, professor in…

Parks for Pollinators: Linn County BuzzBlitz – Saturday, June 8

If you’re looking for a fun way to help out the pollinators this weekend, check out the BuzzBlitz happening at Wickiup Hill this weekend: Parks for Pollinators: Linn County’s BuzzBlitz…