{"id":2,"date":"2021-08-03T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-08-14T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:15:10","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinators at UVM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/?page_id=12\" rel=\"\">What You Can Do<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/?page_id=14\">Additional Info<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UVM Bittersweet Pollinator Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3nmsnLn32Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Check out this footage of the creation of the Bittersweet Pollinator Garden by UVM students Liza Bryan and Caitlyn Williams in collaboration with Audubon VT!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pollinators and Pollinator Gardens at UVM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to the work of the UVM Beekeeping club, as of 2017 UVM has earned Bee Campus status from Bee City USA\u00ae. This means that UVM students and staff have been working to increase\/enhance pollinator habitat, expand education and outreach about pollinator conservation, and reduce the use of pesticides on campus. View the 2020 UVM Bee Campus report <a href=\"https:\/\/beecityusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_university_of_vermont.pdf\">here<\/a>. Recently, pollinator-friendly gardens and plants have been installed outside of Votey Hall, Jeffords Hall, and the Bittersweet building. Currently, new pollinator-friendly gardens are being installed with recent construction projects like the University Heights South re-roofing and additions to the Health Science Research Facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBee Campus Usa Commitments.\u201d <em>Bee City USA<\/em>, 16 June 2021, beecityusa.org\/bee-campus-usa-commitments\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do we need pollinators?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pollinators are considered a keystone species group<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/encyclopedia\/keystone-species\/\">The National Geographic Society<\/a>describes a keystone species as \u201ca plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions. Without keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether.\u201d<\/li><li>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2016-08\/documents\/vicki_wojcik_6-23-16.pdf\">EPA<\/a>, insect and animal pollination accounts for \u2153 of our agricultural food supply.<\/li><li>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/pollinator-week-factsheet-06.25.2020.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/pollinator-week-factsheet-06.25.2020.pdf\">USDA<\/a>says that &#8220;the added revenue to crop production from pollinators is valued at $18 billion.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UVM Clubs and Organizations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A great way to get involved in pollinator conservation and environmental issues in general is to join one of UVM\u2019s environmental clubs! Here are a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/uvmbeekeepers\/\">UVM Beekeepers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/groups\/214707595251076\/\">UVM Horticulture club<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/audubonuvm\/\">Audubon UVM chapter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clubs.uvm.edu\/organization\/ecological_design_coop\">Ecological Design Co-op<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelynx.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/headwaters\">Headwater\u2019s Magazine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelynx.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/wildlife_fisheries_society\">UVM Wildlife and Fisheries Society<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clubs.uvm.edu\/organization\/organize\">UVM Organize<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pollinators and Pollinator Gardens at UVM Thanks to the work of the UVM Beekeeping club, as of 2017 UVM has earned Bee Campus status from Bee City USA\u00ae. This means that UVM students and staff have been working to increase\/enhance pollinator habitat, expand education and outreach about pollinator conservation, and reduce the use of pesticides &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pollinators at UVM&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4640,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/pollinatorsatuvm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}