BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:60@lincolnconservation.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200126T143000 DTSTAMP:20191230T184806Z URL:https://lincolnconservation.org/events/native-plants-and-pollinators-p romoting-biodiversity-and-climate-resilience/ SUMMARY:Threatened Ecosystems: The People-Plant-Pollinator Solution DESCRIPTION:This talk is a first in a series of programs in 2020 kicking of f a Lincoln Pollinator Action Plan initiative that invites everyone in the community to get involved. Dr. Robert Gegear\, professor of biology at UM ASS Dartmouth and director of The Beecology Project\, will give a foundati onal talk discussing the critical need to protect and restore native polli nator systems\, and how we will carry out this work in Lincoln.\n\nFree. A ll are welcome.\nAbout the Talk\nAs ‘keystone species’\, all native po llinators have a positive impact on the survival of wildlife at different trophic levels. No native pollinators equals loss of biodiversity and even tual ecosystem collapse. --Dr. Gegear\n\nA major misconception exists that seeing lots of ‘bees’ means a landscape is healthy and ‘pollinator- friendly’. In fact\, there is an important and significant difference be tween attracting an abundance of just a few species and in sustaining a di versity of native pollinating insects. Dr. Gegear will provide an introduc tion to the intricacies of this subject\, with a particular focus on our n ative bumblebees. He will discuss pollination systems— exploring the nee ds of both native pollinators and native plants— to help us develop cons ervation strategies that will restore functionally diverse\, native ecosys tems that ensure biodiversity and climate resilient landscapes.\nAbout the Speaker\n[caption id="attachment_2622" align="alignleft" width="227"] Dr. Gegear teaching citizen scientists to ID bumblebees.[/caption]\n\nDr. Rob ert Gegear is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Massa chusetts\, Dartmouth. His research interests include the conservation of n ative pollination systems\, floral evolution\, and bumblebee ecology. The Gegear Lab at UMASS Dartmouth researches the neuroecology and conservation of plant-pollinator interactions through integrative experimental approac hes from fields such as animal behavior\, human psychology\, molecular bio logy\, community ecology\, and computational biology. Previously Dr. Gegea r taught at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he founded The Beecology Project\, funded by the National Science Foundation. This initiative uses citizen science to collect much-needed ecological data on native pollinat or species and pollinator habitat.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\nAbout the Project\n[caption id="attachment_2399" align="alignleft" width="276"] Bombus Fervidus\, a native threatened bumblebee. Photo by Norman Levey[/c aption]\n\nThe Lincoln Pollinator Action Plan: “Planting the Way for Bio diversity and Climate Resilience” is a project developed by the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust in partnership with Evan Abramson of LandscapeInte ractions and Dr. Robert Gegear\, a professor of biology at UMASS Dartmouth . We propose to create a roadmap for biodiversity and climate resilience a cross the Town of Lincoln by rebuilding functionally diverse native ecosys tems\, through site-specific planting palettes and pollinator habitat desi gns that are based on scientific study. By incorporating multiple Case Stu dy sites representing a wide array of land uses\, landscape scenarios\, ec ological habitats\, and aesthetics\, Native Plant and Pollinator Toolkits will be developed that can be applied to sites across town\, including on conservation\, public\, and private land\, and beyond! Everyone is encoura ged to participate along the way by helping to build a pollinator corridor across the town of Lincoln and through citizen science action. Find out m ore at: lincolnconservation.org/pollinators ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lincolnconservation.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2019/09/Norman-Levey-Bombus-Fervidus.jpg CATEGORIES:Talk LOCATION:Bemis Hall\, 15 Bedford Road\, Lincoln\, MA\, 01773\, United State s GEO:42.4277146;-71.3024294 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=15 Bedford Road\, Lincoln\, MA\, 01773\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bemis Hall:geo:42.4 277146,-71.3024294 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR