Watauga Cooperative Extension Offers Free Workshop on “Pollinator Habitat Restoration and Impacts on Surrounding Ecosystems”Pollinator Habitat Restoration and Impacts on Surrounding Ecosystems
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Collapse ▲Friday, September 26: Watauga Cooperative Extension offers free workshop on “Pollinator Habitat Restoration and Impacts on Surrounding Ecosystems”
As the High Country region grows, what is happening to wild bees and other beneficial pollinators in Western NC? Did Helene worsen habitat stresses or other pressures on bees and other pollinators?
In this workshop Cooperative Extension will host Drs. Hannah Levenson and Bradley Metz of NC State’s Apiculture Program, presenting their work studying the impact of flooding on plant and pollinator communities in North Carolina. We will discuss the important partnerships among pollinator and plant communities, how they are disrupted during environmental catastrophe, what steps can be taken to rebuild, and the potential for improving outcomes for agriculture and wild species communities at large. This presentation will be accompanied by instruction on establishing and assessing pollinator habitat on various properties.
The first 50 registered attendees will receive a bag of native wildflower seed to implement the practices discussed on their own property. Additional registrants will be added to a wait list. All registrants are invited to bring a soil sample from the area where pollinator habitat will/would be implemented on their property which will be tested for metal contamination, free of charge.
The workshop begins at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2025, and will run for 2 hours: 1 hr 30 min of instructional time with 30 min for discussion and questions. The workshop will be held at the Watauga Agricultural Conference Center: 252 Poplar Grove Road, Boone, NC 28607. Registration is free at:
Eventbrite Pollinator Habitat Registration
This workshop is co-organized by the Specialty Crops Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management Lab and the NC State Apiculture Program. The work being presented was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, project award no. 2025-68016-44397, and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, project award no. 2023-38640-39572, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture; as well as the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.