A Deep Dive into the CO Native Pollinating Insects Health Study

When: March 7, 12-1pm

Where: Virtual

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Don’t have time to read a 300+ page study report?! Join PPAN as we explore the recently released Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study with Dr. Adrian Carper and Steve Armstead, experts in entomology and conservation. This Study has broad implications for Colorado’s protection and conservation of native pollinating insects, and the recommendations will also serve as a model for municipal and private lands. Our webinar will highlight the Study’s key scientific findings and present valuable land management and policy recommendations.

Dr. Carper is a community ecologist who helped lead the statewide scientific review of native pollinating insects. He has studied pollinators in CO from the mountains to the plains, and has worked with agencies, municipalities, organizations, and many vested communities interested in pollinator conservation. His current research through the Museum of Natural History focuses on the impacts of human land-use on native bee community ecology, and how natural history knowledge can help inform their conservation. In the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, he focuses on butterflies, and the impacts of exotic plants on the chemical ecology of multitrophic interactions. 

Steve Armstead is a Pollinator Conservation and Nature-Based Climate Solutions Specialist for the Xerces Society working in Colorado. His position focuses on Front Range efforts to coordinate, manage and build high quality, connected, climate-resilient pollinator habitat. Steve is a co-author of the Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study and led the assessment and development of best management practices for the study. He has extensive experience working in natural lands management, environmental planning, and community engagement through his prior three-decade career with the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks program. Steve holds a Master’s Degree in Museum and Field Studies from the University of Colorado – Boulder, where he studied and surveyed butterflies and he’s remained an active butterfly enthusiast.