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The Rusty-patched Bumblebee, an endangered pollinator, is shown. Root-Pike WIN created its first pollinator patch at Bose Elementary School in 2022 and has significant pollinator patch work in progress at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
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Trails with invasive grasses at the UW-Parkside will be restored with native species as part of redevelopment efforts, according to the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, a local conservation group working to renew habitats for pollinators, such as, as the endangered rusty patched bumblebee.
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Dave Giordano, right, spends time with his daughter on Sept. 14 at Pritchard Park, located at the intersection of Ohio Street and Durand Avenue (Highway 11) in Racine. At the park, likely thanks to the efforts of the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative nonprofit that Giordano is executive director of, the endangered rusty patched bumblebee was rediscovered.
- ADAM ROGAN,
Simone Sorensen is half of the duo, along with Maddie Ball, who first found the endangered rusty patched bumblebee at Pritchard Park while working with Root-Pike WIN, which manages much of Pritchard Park’s wildlife on behalf of Racine County, which owns the park.
- ADAM ROGAN,
GALLERY: Rusty Patched bumblebee
The Rusty-patched Bumblebee, an endangered pollinator, is shown. Root-Pike WIN created its first pollinator patch at Bose Elementary School in 2022 and has significant pollinator patch work in progress at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
- SUBMITTED PHOTO
Trails with invasive grasses at the UW-Parkside will be restored with native species as part of redevelopment efforts, according to the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, a local conservation group working to renew habitats for pollinators, such as, as the endangered rusty patched bumblebee.
- SUBMITTED PHOTO
Dave Giordano, right, spends time with his daughter on Sept. 14 at Pritchard Park, located at the intersection of Ohio Street and Durand Avenue (Highway 11) in Racine. At the park, likely thanks to the efforts of the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative nonprofit that Giordano is executive director of, the endangered rusty patched bumblebee was rediscovered.
- ADAM ROGAN,
An endangered rusty patched bumblebee is pictured on Aug. 4 in Pritchard Park.
- Courtesy Simone Sorensen
Simone Sorensen is half of the duo, along with Maddie Ball, who first found the endangered rusty patched bumblebee at Pritchard Park while working with Root-Pike WIN, which manages much of Pritchard Park’s wildlife on behalf of Racine County, which owns the park.
- ADAM ROGAN,
A rare, endangered rusty patched bumblebee is pictured here on Aug. 4 in Racine's Pritchard Park.
- Courtesy of Simone Sorensen
Simone Sorensen photographs a plant in September 2021 in Pritchard Park in Racine, near where she and Maddie Ball discovered the endangered rusty patched bumblebee that summer.
- ADAM ROGAN, Journal Times file photo
The rusty-patched bumble bee was spotted at UW-Parkside after restoration efforts on the cross country course. This particular bee was photographed at Pritchard Park in Racine, another restoration site.
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A new initiative will enhance the habitat of the rusty-patched bumblebee, seen above.
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