Landowners and families who want to learn more about planting monarch and pollinator habitat should attend this pollinator habitat field day!
Lunch will be provided by Iowa Corn followed by a field tour of pollinator habitat. The event is being hosted by Iowa State University Extension, Pheasants Forever, USDA-NRCS, and Union Soil and Water Conservation District.
Dana Schweitzer, coordinator for the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, will give an overview of monarch biology. Kelsey Fleming, farm bill biologist with Iowa Pheasants Forever, will share information about habitat assistance and cost share programs to establish habitat on private land. Click here for more information.