Love for the Birds & the Bees

Bring your kiddos and grab your friends to give some love to the Birds & Bees this Valentine's Day at the Patagonia Boulder store! PPAN will be on site serving treats, drinks, and arts & crafts materials for you to create pollinator-themed Valentines.

Gift your handmade cards to someone special, or PPAN will send them to Colorado Representatives on your behalf to ask for them to show pollinators some love during this legislative session through two exciting bills that they are championing:

The first, SB26-065, or The SEED Act, which would significantly reduce pesticide poisoning in our state. Currently, almost every corn seed planted in Colorado (as well as many other grains) is pre-coated with a powerful “neonic” systemic insecticide dust. This bill aims to help Colorado adopt the same system that’s been working well in Canada—and just passed in NY and VT—where neonics are only applied to our food when necessary, rather than preemptively. This would protect farmers, pollinators, birds, waterways, and soil health, while not compromising on crop yields. More info at: https://seedweneedcolorado.org/.

The second bill, HB26-1132, the Native Plants Bill, will increase the amount of native-plant landscaping done by state agencies as well as the availability of native plants and native seeds statewide for other restoration and habitat projects. Native pollinators and birds need native plants to survive, so this bill prioritizes their use in landscaping decisions.