[Pollinator] Maintaining pollinator habitat

Fri Apr 20 09:56:58 PDT 2018

Check this out:
https://www.rewildingeurope.com/news/rewilding-can-reinforce-europes-ecological-restoration/

I suggest horses rather than other livestock due to their different grazing
methods and lower carbon emissions.
Cheers,
Kit

On 20 April 2018 at 23:16, Holmes, Nancy <nancy.holmes at ubc.ca> wrote:

> Hi Sabrina: If you’re like me and don’t like the idea of using herbicides
> (mostly just afraid of worsening my already fraught relationship with the
> earth)  I think there are other options, but they’re slow.  I’ve had
> permaculture guys suggest grazers too but in the end I just couldn’t figure
> out how to do that properly.  Getting a great native meadow-building book
> or guide is helpful.  We have been experimenting on various methods for
> replacing invasive grasses and other species over the past two years on our
> Pollinator Pasture site http://borderfreebees.com/
> kelowna-public-art-pollinator-pasture/.  We have been most successful
> with plastic solarisation methods that kill the invasive grasses and
> species, then we  seed over.  We get donated plastic from lumber yards—that
> big lumber wrap.  We’d done about half an acre at a time  (and we donate
> the plastic to others to use as solarisation sheets to try to keep stuff
> out of the landfill!)   The solarisation does a great job of killing off
> the invasive grasses (we left the plastic on for spring and summer one
> season- ok- and a whole year – better!) but pesky bindweed seems pretty
> unkillable!  But I think we’re making the conversion slowly though I am
> trying to not expect perfection!
>
>
>
> Best of luck,
>
>
>
> Nancy Holmes
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> *From:* Pollinator [mailto:pollinator-bounces+nancy.holmes=ubc.ca at lists.
> sonic.net] *On Behalf Of *Richard Johnstone
> *Sent:* April-19-18 11:53 AM
> *To:* Kathleen Law <kl at pollinator.org>
> *Cc:* pollinator at nappc.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Pollinator] Maintaining pollinator habitat
>
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> You should use selective herbicides to target the non-native grasses first
> to allow your forbs to grow. With the right herbicides there is no need to
> mow or use sheep. If you use sheep without killing the non-native grasses,
> they will most likely eat the native grasses and forbs first, and leave the
> non-native grasses alone to dominate the site.
>
> Rick Johnstone
>
>
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> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Kathleen Law <kl at pollinator.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Sabrina,
>
> I have no direct experience but here's a list of studies on the topic to
> get you started:
>
>
> Bai, Y. G., Z. Abouguendia, and R. E. Redmann. 2001. Relationship between
> plant species diversity and grassland condition. Journal of Range
> Management 54:177–183.
>
> Black, S. H., N. Hodges, M. Vaughan, and M. Shepherd. 2007. Pollinators in
> natural areas: a primer on habitat management. Lloydia (Cincinnati):8.
>
> Carvell, C. 2002. Habitat use and conservation of bumblebees (Bombus spp.)
> under different grassland management regimes. Biological Conservation
> 103:33–49.
>
> Dover, J. W., S. Spencer, S. Collins, I. Hadjigeorgiou, and A. Rescia.
> 2011. Grassland butterflies and low intensity farming in Europe. Journal of
> Insect Conservation 15:129–137.
>
> Elwell, S. L., T. Griswold, and E. Elle. 2016. Habitat type plays a
> greater role than livestock grazing in structuring shrubsteppe
> plant–pollinator communities. Journal of Insect Conservation.
>
> Farruggia, A., B. Dumont, A. Scohier, T. Leroy, P. Pradel, and J. P.
> Garel. 2012. An alternative rotational stocking management designed to
> favour butterflies in permanent grasslands. Grass and Forage Science
> 67:136–149.
>
> Fischer, S. J., E. H. Williams, L. P. Brower, and P. A. Palmiotto. 2015.
> Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Reproduction by Mowing Fields of Common
> Milkweed. The American Midland Naturalist 173:229–240.
>
> Hoffman, S., M. Shepherd, and M. Vaughan. 2011. Range Management for
> Pollinators. Society for Range Management 33:9–13.
>
> Hudewenz, A., A. M. Klein, C. Scherber, L. Stanke, T. Tscharntke, A.
> Vogel, A. Weigelt, W. W. Weisser, and A. Ebeling. 2012. Herbivore and
> pollinator responses to grassland management intensity along experimental
> changes in plant species richness. Biological Conservation 150:42–52.
>
> Kruess, A., and T. Tscharntke. 2002. Contrasting responses of plant and
> insect diversity to variation in grazing intensity. Biological Conservation
> 106:293–302.
>
> Kruess, A., and T. Tscharntke. 2014. Grazing intensity and the diversity
> of grasshoppers, butterflies and trap-nest bees and wasps. Conservation
> Biology 16:1570–1580.
>
> Machmuller, M. B., M. G. Kramer, T. K. Cyle, N. Hill, D. Hancock, and A.
> Thompson. 2015. Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic
> matter. Nature Communications 6:6995.
>
> MacPhail, V., and J. Kyle. 2012. Rotational Grazing in Extensive Pastures.
> Guelph.
>
> McGraw, R. L., F. W. Shockley, J. F. Thompson, and C. A. Roberts. (n.d.).
> Evaluation of native legume species for forage yield, quality and seed
> production. Native Plants:152–160.
>
> Morandin, L. A., M. L. Winston, V. A. Abbott, and M. T. Franklin. 2007.
> Can pastureland increase wild bee abundance in agriculturally intense
> areas? Basic and Applied Ecology 8:117–124.
>
> Sjödin, N. E., J. Bengtsson, B. Ekbom, N. E. Sj, J. Bengtsson, and B.
> Ekbom. 2015. The influence of grazing intensity and landscape on the
> diversity and abundance of composition insects 45:763–772.
>
> Sjödin, N. E., J. Bengtsson, and B. Ekbom. 2008. The influence of grazing
> intensity and landscape composition on the diversity and abundance of
> flower-visiting insects. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:763–772.
>
> Technical, B., N. No, and D. May. 2011. Attachment to Biology Technical
> Note No. KS-37 Dated May 31, 2011:1–23.
>
> Vulliamy, B., S. G. Potts, and P. G. Willmer. 2006. The effects of cattle
> grazing on plant-pollinator communities in a fragmented Mediterranean
> landscape. Oikos 114:529–543.
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
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> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Sabrina Malach <sabrinamalach at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Hello everyone!
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> I am in the process of creating a 20-acre bee sanctuary with native
> plants. Two years ago, we piloted the project and planted 4-acre. The first
> year we had a drought and little showed up and last year there was tons of
> rain and things were blooming.
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> I was advised to mow 3 times a year to keep the non-native grasses that
> had been there for decades at bay.
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> We hired someone to mow for us but it was expensive and carbon heavy. My
> friend has offered to let sheeps do the work and im wondering if anyone has
> utlitzed animals for ecological restoration. If so, please share your
> experience and lessons learned.
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> Thank you,
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> Sabrina
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