Practical Conservation

June 22-27, 2009 is National Pollinator Week to recognize the importance of pollinators to our food system.  The Pollinator Partnership and US Fish & Wildlife Service both have lots of resources about pollinators in recognition of this week.

Here are two videos for this week.

One about the problems pollinators face:

And one about what NRCS is doing and can do to help:

A new research advance entitled “Evaluating Pre-emergence Herbicides for Establishing Native Grasses and Forbs” from Mississippi State’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center.  And yes, it’s a shameless plug for my own research.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has an online plant identification key (use MS Explorer).  It has state specific keys for grasses and legumes, plus keys for gymnosperms and wetland monocots in the US.