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Kathryn Prive
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Native Pollinator Plants for Southern Oregon
Author: Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates Date: 2016 This excellent guide discusses basic botanical concepts and the importance of...
Kathryn Prive
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Honey bee hives decrease wild bee abundance, species richness, and fruit count on farms regardless of wildflower strips
Author: Scientific Reports Date: 2021 This study examines the interaction of the wild bee communities and honey bees kept in hives around...
Kathryn Prive
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Roadside Habitat for Monarchs: Monarch Butterflies, Weeds, and Herbicides
Author: Xerces Society Date: 2019 Monarch butterflies are in decline in North America, and restoring monarch habitat, including...
Kathryn Prive
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Organic Pesticides: Minimizing Risks to Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Author:Â Xerces Society Date: 2018 Organic agriculture generally supports higher biodiversity than conventional management, and organic...
Kathryn Prive
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment
Author: Xerces Society Site preparation is one of the most important and often inadequately addressed components for successfully...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 13, 20191 min read
Managing Milkweed Crop Pests: A Native Seed Industry Guide
Author: Project Milkweed Date: 2017 Project Milkweed is a collaboration with the Xerces Society, the native seed industry, and the USDA...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Native Thistles: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2016 Native thistles are a largely misunderstood and wrongly maligned group of wildflowers. These...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Author: The Xerces Society Date: unknown This bulletin will help you use cover crops to encourage populations of pollinators and...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Collecting and Using Your Own Wildflower Seed to Expand Pollinator Habitat on Farms
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2016 Native wildflowers are the backbone of pollinator habitat on the farm. Field borders, filter...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read
Establishing Pollinator Meadows From Seed
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2015 To boost healthy populations of both wild resident bees and managed pollinators, the single most...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read
Farming For Bees: Guidelines for Providing Native Bee Habitat on Farms
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2015 The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information about native bees and their habitat...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read
Why Grow And Sell Native Milkweed?
Author: Monarch Joint Venture Date: unknown Milkweed plants (family Asclepiadaceae) are the only food source for monarch butterfly...
Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read
A Guide to the Native Milkweeds of Oregon
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2012 Five species of milkweed are native to Oregon. This guide includes profiles of the four most common...
Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read
Milkweeds: a Conservation Practitioner’s Guide
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2014 The information in Milkweeds: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide is gathered from interviews with...
Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Part 3 - Monitoring Results & Discussion
This is the third in a series of blog posts describing an RNPP research project that took place 2022-2024. To recap, the goal of this...
Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Treatment Part 2 – Seed Mix & Site Prep
In fall of 2022 RNPP measured out a couple of vegetable-garden sized squares of bare earth along the Rogue River and initiated the trial...
Local Sources for Native Plants – 2023 edition
Author: Rogue Native Plant Partnership Date: April 2023 This document is intended as a guide for landowners, gardeners, and anyone...
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