What are People Saying?
“ We must remember that pollinators are a critical link in our food systems.”
-- Paul Growald, Co-Founder, Pollinator Partnership
“ Adding native plantings in riparian areas [ waterways ] to improve pollinator habitat makes sense in advancing our family farm’ s conservation and economic objectives, enhancing beneficial wildlife and improving pollination in our orchard and garden.”
--Lee McDaniel, Farmer and President, National Association of Conservation Districts
Rocky Mountain Fescue
“ Bees are vital to biodiversity. There are 130,000 plants for example for which bees are essential to pollination, from melons to pumpkins, raspberries and all kind of fruit trees— as well as animal fodder— like clover. Bees are more important than poultry in terms of human nutrition.”
-- Joergen Tautz interviewed by Michael Leidig, Honey bees in US facing extinction, The Telegraph, March 14, 2007
Fringed Sagebrush
Native pasture in Eastern Colorado
Limber Pine Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom 3 www. GrowingYourFuture. com