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You’ve likely seen the signs, or spotted the overgrown lawns -- “No Mow May” is back. But proponents in our region want folks to go one step beyond just overgrown grass and embrace the larger pollinator protection ethos.
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Aside from the annual choice between a spruce or fir for our living rooms, trees don’t get much attention. Quietly, without notice or fanfare, trees are doing critical work. They cool us off in the sticky heat of summer, beautify our neighborhoods in their autumnal splendor, and exhale the oxygen that we breathe. Yet we barely recognize their outsized role in our daily lives. So Marielle had an idea: What if we took the time to get to know our arboreal neighbors more intimately?
Westford Wildlife Watch -- Native trees help native birds Marian Harman/Special to the Eagle-Independent Special to the Eagle-Independent Editor's note: due to a production error in last week's edition, the Eagle-Independent is presenting the Westford Wildlife column again in entirety. Birds need native trees. Laura Tangley and Desiree Narango worked for three years as interns for Doug Tallamy, professor of entomology at the University of Delaware. They studied how nonnative trees in cities and suburbs affect birds. In Laura Tangley's National Wildlife Federation article, entitled, "Why Bi...
Shrinking the lawn Dorothea Sotiros, a master gardener, lives at Greenfield Commons and has created a pollinator garden where there was a dying tree and some patchy lawn. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo A pollinator garden at Greenfield Commons. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo Red chockberry plants at the pollinator garden. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo Goldenrod at the pollinator garden. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo Dorothea Sotiros, master gardener. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo The pollinator garden at Greenfield Commons. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo Published: 5/18/2021 2:22:07 PM In 1996, famed writer and NPR co...
Dr. Narango is the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow Postdoctoral Researcher at UMass Amherst. Last month, she was named an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. So don’t miss “The birds, the bees, the flowers and the trees: Creating habitat for wildlife in our cities and suburbs,” with Dr. Desiree Narango.