Grassland Bird Conservation - Groundnesting grassland birds such as bobolinks and savannah sparrows often need protection from agricultural activities.  We are actively partnering with farmers to find compromises between the birds habitat needs and working farms. 

Pollinator Promotion 

• Pollinator Garden - We continue to add native plants to our pollinator garden at the Eco Ag Center​.  We planted common milkweed this year to become a Monarch Waystation and we have a bee house for native bees to overwinter at the garden.

• Monarch Monitoring and Tagging - We participate in two citizen science programs, Mission Monarch & Monarch Watch, in which we collect data on the breeding and migratory monarch populations respectively. We also set up monarch observation stations where we raise monarchs at nursing homes, schools, and on our own.

• Seed Saving - We save the seeds of the native plants that benefit pollinators, package and sell them at the Spring Plant Sale and give them to local schools & education organizations.

Invasive Plant Control -  Japanese knotweed,​​multi-flora rose and autumn olive are actively being removed from the Eco Ag Center area.  We also host workshops to teach others about managing these and other invasive species. 

• Japanese Knotweed Guide to Control​