More than a hundred volunteers planted native plants along the Rio Salado to permit for pollinators – like bees, butterflies, and birds – to flourish on the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Middle.
Positioned within the coronary heart of Phoenix’s Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Space, the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Middle is a nature middle providing quite a lot of free applications and occasions for the neighborhood.
The brand new Audubon pollinator backyard undertaking is a part of the regional river revitalization initiative, Rio Reimagined. The backyard is designed to be a local weather resilient and drought tolerant revitalized community-use area with nature trails and interpretive instructional signage.
“Audubon Southwest is thrilled to have invaluable companions and volunteers to assist us create this pollinator backyard. This initiative will assist revitalize the Rio Salado Audubon Middle whereas cultivating native crops and supporting the broader neighborhood,” mentioned Danny Roper-Jones, Rio Saldao Audubon Middle Director.
Native crops play a significant position in sustaining ecosystems that assist nature and other people, particularly in deserts the place native crops are uniquely tailored to restricted water availability. These crops provide important meals and habitat for native animals and bugs, even throughout dry durations.
This initiative is in partnership with the Metropolis of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Division, Arizona State College, The Rio Reimagined, Arizona Sustainability Alliance, and the TigerMountain Basis. It’s supported by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) in collaboration with Microsoft.
“Probably the greatest issues about this collaboration is that it helps native organizations like Audubon Southwest and neighborhood members, in addition to Microsoft workers, to go outdoors and get their palms soiled restoring their yard. Nicely-designed, well-implemented ecological restoration is a optimistic, empowering, solutions-based strategy to native and world challenges. Microsoft’s dedication to standards-based restoration reveals they take sustainability critically,” mentioned SER Govt Director Bethanie Walder.
The Rio Salado Audubon Middle welcomes friends of all ages to go to the backyard to be taught extra about native and migrating pollinators and the significance of conserving their habitats.
Go to riosalado.audubon.org for middle hours and to be taught extra. Watch video of the planting event here.
