In case you missed it, a recent bill just gave Colorado Parks and Wildlife the authority to study and manage for invertebrates and rare plants! You can read a bit about it and how our statewide study helped bring about this important step in this article by Jayme DeLoss at CSU Extension. To celebrate, here's a huge combo pic of butterflies and bees imaged in the CU Museum of Natural History's Entomology Section!

While leading pollinator tours for the Big Day of Bugs event at the Denver Botanic Gardens, journalist McKenna Harford engaged with me and some attendees in conversation around pollinators. Read her awesome piece at Colorado Community Media. McKenna, thanks for helping spread the word about pollinators, their importance, and the need for coordinate conservation and management action! And for these photos, all credited to McKenna Harford.