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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Richard
Primack, <FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10.8pt" color=#660099><FONT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's
Woods</FONT></FONT></FONT>, and his Boston University research team, examined
Thoreau’s and others’ records to show that many plants are blooming earlier in
the spring.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Similarly,
we are observing in our pollinator-friendly urban meadow in Waltham, MA, that
the flowering season is speeding up. For example, some native goldenrod,
milkweed, asters, and other plants, which have been September-November bloomers,
are blooming now and presumably will be going by sooner. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Many
species of pollinators frequent the meadow. Has anyone found ways to ensure that
sources of food will be available for bees and butterflies later in the season?
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Thank
you!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Sincerely,
Barbara<BR><BR>Barbara Passero, Director<BR>MEADOWSCAPING for
Biodiversity<BR>174 Moody St. #244<BR>Waltham, MA 02453<BR>Office: 781-209-0052
Cell:
617-999-9546<BR>bpassero@meadowmaking.org<BR>http://www.meadowmaking.org<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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