Free pollinator workshop at Nicolet College

STAR JOURNAL REPORT

Pollinator Friendly Farming is the topic of a free workshop Tuesday, Aug. 29 at Nicolet College Fireside Center, Room 108, from 9 a.m. to noon. Organizing the event is Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department.

Speakers' topics will include:

•Managing pollinators on a cranberry marsh.

•Building a pollinator community.

•Locating funding to help pollinators on your property.

•Incorporating bees into a science curriculum.

•Monarch March.

The event will include a release of locally raised and tagged monarch butterflies. This is a free workshop to help build pollinator communities across the state. For more information or to RSVP, call 715-369-7835 or visit www.oclw.org.