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Bee City USA – Asheville, NC is hosting a hybrid in-person and online presentation with Sharon Selvaggio from the Xerces Society. Bee Cities and Bee Campuses are welcome to join the webinar or, if you are nearby, attend in-person as long as seats are available.
Event Description
Tiny, inconspicuous, and underappreciated species hold our world together. Sharon Selvaggio with the Xerces Society will discuss why pesticides in homes, gardens, agriculture, and natural areas are a leading threat to bees, butterflies, and other insects. But there is much to be hopeful about! She’ll also share inspiring examples and practical resources for those ready to take action in their gardens, neighborhoods, towns, campuses, and states.
No Time to Despair: How You Can Mobilize to Protect Pollinators from Pesticides as a Gardener, Neighbor, and Citizen
June 2
3 – 4:30 PM PT / 4 – 5:30 PM MT / 5 – 6:30 PM CT / 6 – 7:30 PM ET
Free
Webinar registration
In-person event registration
Asheville Botanical Garden
151 WT Weaver Blvd
Asheville, NC, 28804
If you live in the Asheville, NC area, we suggest registering for both the in-person and webinar options since in-person capacity is only 40 people. Everyone who registers for the webinar will receive a recording afterwards.
Pollination Celebration! is presented by Bee City USA – Asheville, NC in partnership with the City of Asheville. This webinar will be recorded and available on the Xerces Society YouTube channel on the Bee City USA Playlist and emailed to those who register. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.
About Sharon Selvaggio:
Sharon Selvaggio is a Pesticide Reduction Program specialist with the Xerces Society. She leads Xerces’ work to advance pollinator-safe nursery plant production, as well as Xerces’ efforts to reduce pesticide impacts within natural lands. Previously, Sharon worked for 27 years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service as a wildlife biologist, conservation planner, and national wildlife refuge manager. Sharon earned her M.S. in Energy and Resources at University of California-Berkeley.
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