Would you like to increase habitat and food sources for native pollinators so that they, in turn, can help our fruits and flowers and vegetables grow?
On Wednesday, April 29, at 7PM, join the Chocorua Lake Conservancy at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth for “Native Pollinators, Habitat, and NRCS Programs” with Debra Marnich, Soil Conservationist for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Anyone who has an interest in or keeps bees, grows vegetables or flowers, fruiting trees, shrubs or vines, owns property, or cares about the environment, will want to catch this talk. Marnich will explore the importance of native pollinators in our food system in addition to nonnative, European kept bees, the decline of native pollinators, how to create habitat for native pollinators, nesting sites for native pollinators, seasonal food sources for native pollinators, and how to use NRCS Programs to support native pollinators. We will take a journey from season to season and focus largely on how to imitate Mother Nature while discussing the above topics. Marnich will bring posters and handouts and maybe some seeds for plants pollinators love! The presentation will be preceded by a brief showing of the “In Winter” Crankie, a community art project celebrating winter ecology. The Cook Library is wheelchair-accessible.
Debra Marnich has worked for the USDA, NRCS as a Soil Conservationist for almost 18 years assisting private landowners with planning conservation projects and addressing natural resource concerns on their properties. She holds a BS in Zoology and an MS in Forestry. Her major interests and professional focus areas are combining wildlife, forestry practices to manage for both sound silvicultural and optimum wildlife habitat creation, promoting small diverse farms, clean energy and local food production/agriculture in New Hampshire, creation and management of pollinator habitat, early successional habitat, bird nesting habitat, promoting conservation easements, and integrating all resources concerns to create a balanced conservation plan.