Southern California is home to unique flora and fauna, including thousands of endemic species. Unfortunately, many of our beneficial pollinator populations are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The population of western monarch butterflies has declined by 95% since the 1980s. Eight of California’s 25 bumble bee species, including Crotch’s bumble bee (Bombus crotchii), are at risk. Reasons include habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change. But there is a way you can help!
If interested, you could collaborate with the Xerces Society Society. The Southern California Habitat Kit Program serves to provide transplants of native, pollinator-friendly species to residents in Southern California. You just have to commit to planting the kit and caring for it. With that, you will contribute to creating habitat for our native pollinator species by introducing flowering plants into your garden.
This habitat kit program serves residential projects. If you are interested in having a non-residential project supported by The Xerces Society Habitat Kit Program in California, please visit the California Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits webpage.
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