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Within <br />Government <br />Within the <br />Schools <br />Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 <br />Parks Collaborations <br />CFS 2019 Priorities <br />Within the <br />Community <br />Winter / Spring Ecology Club Fall Ecology Club <br />Earth Day Cleanup <br />Outreach <br />VillageFest <br />Projects <br />Change Policies / Practices <br />Organics Campaigns <br />Pollinator Protections <br />Education <br />Projects <br />Recycling Grant <br />Maintain Wilshire Rain Gardens <br />Garden Redesign Event <br />Bike/Walk Advocacy <br />Earth Week <br />Q4 2018 <br />Apply for Youth Stewardship Grant <br />Trillium Tree & Shrub Planting <br />Expand Pollinator Plantings <br />Friends of the Parks <br />Electric Charging Station in the Village <br />Change Tree Offerings <br />Green Team Collaborations <br />Middle School Pollinator Garden <br />Nat’l Night Out (organics) <br />Rain Garden Workshop <br />Organics Campaign <br />Environment in <br />Commission duties <br />Demo/Education Garden <br />Paris to Pittsburgh <br />Abundant Harvest <br />Wilshire Waste Audit <br />Wilshire Recycling <br />Trillium / Silver Point Connection <br />Master Recyclers <br /> <br />Complete <br />In Progress <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Recycling Campaign <br /> <br /> <br />Apply for Electric Charging Grants <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Explore Organics <br />5 <br />Explore Organics at Nativity <br />Minnesota: A Leader in Pollinator Protections <br />“A new study puts Minnesota among the leaders nationally in <br />addressing concerns about bee and butterfly populations.” <br />Strong Measures to Increase Habitat <br />•First state to issue executive order on pollinator protections <br />•2016 state task force to oversee pollinator protections and advise policy <br />•Collaborations among farmers, beekeepers, and environmental groups <br />•Legislation to create pollinator infrastructure <br />•Funding mechanisms to create pollinator habitat <br />Lagging Behind on Pesticide Changes <br />•Pesticides are the most controversial contributor to pollinator decline <br />•International panel of scientists analyzed over 1,000 peer reviewed studies <br />•Pollinators are highly vulnerable to Neonicotinoids in pollen, nectar and water <br />•If we don’t act now, we won’t be able to reverse the impact <br />March 4, 2019 <br />6