Wild Ones is currently recruiting for our board of directors! You are invited to reach out to anyone you think might be interested and encourage them to consider this opportunity. Continue reading "Wild Ones Board Seeking Nominations!"
With the summer season about to begin, chances are you’ve heard about reducing water usage, limiting your electricity or air conditioning, and other eco-friendly practices you can take part in. But what does it mean to truly have a green home all year round – not just during the summer months? From sustainable architecture to […] Continue reading "Don’t miss the Redfin article we’re featured in: “Start Your Sustainability Journey this Summer: 24 Eco-Friendly Home Design Ideas”"
In early 2021, Wild Ones began our Native Garden Design program by publishing free, professional garden designs for the public with the premise that using native plants in landscaping can not only be beautiful, but also promote pollinators and wildlife, slow stormwater runoff and be achievable for gardeners of all skillsets in terms of scope […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Grows the Native Garden Design Program"
This program will go in depth into how phytoremediation can be used to improve outdoor air quality and cover a wide range of native plant species and contaminants, including particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, volatile organic compounds, and atmospheric carbon. Continue reading "Native Plants for Improving Outdoor Air Quality with Eric Fuselier"
This program will go in depth into how phytoremediation can be used to improve stormwater quality and cover a wide range of native plant species and contaminants, including arsenic, chlorinated solvents, sediment, and nutrient pollution. Continue reading "Native Plants for Improving Stormwater with Eric Fuselier"
In 2021, the Wild Ones Board of Directors and staff adopted Wildly Important Goals (WIGs) to strategically focus on specific organizational targets. Wild Ones identified and is working toward several critical WIGs in 2022 and staff and board members have been busy dedicating time and energy mapping how we will accomplish these goals. Continue reading "Wild Ones Announces Wildly Important Goals for 2022"
Wild Ones depends on the generous support of our members and friends like you to raise public awareness of the essential role native plants play in sustaining ecosystems and to inspire both individual and collective action to change the landscapes of the future! We proudly share the names of those who contributed to the Wild […] Continue reading "Members and Friends Support Wild Ones 2021 Annual Appeal"
“We have turned 54% of the lower 48 states into a matrix of cities, suburbs, roads, airports, power and pipelines, shopping centers, golf courses, infrastructure, and isolated habitat fragments, with 41% more of the U.S. into various forms of agriculture. That’s right: we humans have taken 95% of the natural world and made it unnatural,” […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Awards $9,500 in Seeds for Education Grant Funds to 24 Youth-Serving Organizations in 19 States"
Join Iowa attorney and business professor Rosanne Plante as she explains what to do if the “Weed Police” knock on your door! Continue reading "Weed Ordinances with Rosanne Plante"
Monarch Joint Venture awards $400,000 to fund monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation projects across the U.S. including Wild Ones’ “Wild for Monarchs” Program Bees and other pollinators critical to global food security are disappearing at an alarming rate; even the iconic monarch butterfly, beloved across its trinational North American range, has only a 10% chance […] Continue reading "Conservation Funding a Welcome Relief Amid Pollinator Declines"