By Jennifer Nantais
Dozens of volunteers from the Windsor and Essex County area have signed on to become butterfly rangers with the David Suzuki Foundation, joining over 1,000 others across Canada in an effort to help bring back the pollinators!
Populations of wild pollinators such as butterflies and bees face many threats, including climate change, habitat loss and alteration, and widespread pesticide use. The Butterflyway Project aims to help increase native vegetation cover to ensure available food sources for pollinators and their larvae, and to spread the message that wild pollinators are crucial to the survival of plants, wildlife, and humans.
Current and future goals include planting pollinator gardens and native vegetation on private and public land as well as sharing knowledge, support, resources, and plants with others who are willing to help return some of our urban landscape to pollinator habitat.
You can join the Windsor/Essex Butterflyway Facebook group to share your garden photos, ask for advice, and help with tricky plant and insect identification questions. With over 50 past and present Butterfly Rangers in this group, there is always someone to aid and encourage your efforts to restore native plants and create a sustainable future for pollinators in our community.
Stay tuned for future projects and events, and visit davidsuzuki.org to find out how you can get involved in future Butterflyway campaigns and help restore and protect nature in Canada and around the world
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