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2/20/2019 <br />4 <br />7 2/20/2019 Pollinator Protections <br />Pollinator Protections <br />Pollinator survival relies on both creating native habitat and enacting policies that <br />limit exposure to systemic pesticides, including neonicotinoids and fipronil. <br />Specific actions we can take in St. Anthony: <br />1. Adopt a Pollinator Protection Resolution <br />2. Appoint a specific person to oversee and encourage action of the resolution <br />3. Educate city and school land managers about pesticide drift and watershed <br />contamination <br />4. Look at new ways to manage ball fields and parks <br />5. Change our roadside mowing policies to avoid critical flowering periods <br />6. Integrate pollinator protection policies in street replacement projects <br />7. Ask residents to include native plants in garden selections <br />8. Educate residents about prohibited chemicals and safer alternatives <br />9. Ask local landscape businesses to make public their policies and practices <br />Reducing the chemicals we use on parks and fields improves the health of our children <br />and pets, removes pollutants from the watershed, and saves money spent on land <br />management. <br />8 2/20/2019 Increasing Biodiversity <br />Reconciliation Ecology –Increasing Biodiversity <br />Specific actions we can take in St. Anthony: <br />1. Plant more trees to create shade, create habitat for birds, and create space <br />for residents to enjoy <br />2. Plant more flowering shrubs to increase habitat for birds and provide food <br />for spring pollinators <br />3. Change turf management practice from pristine green to low maintenance <br />•Select a patch of turf and change it to fescues, clover and thyme <br />•Install signage and promote new practices with residents <br />•Set a specific target for annual reduction of turf conversion and build it <br />into annual city goals <br />4. Plant native habitats on the perimeters of our parks, create habitat for <br />pollinators and provide demonstration gardens to encourage residents <br />Encouraging biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes creates middle-ground <br />for both humans and nature to thrive. <br />All of these actions increase ground water absorption and help protect clean water