2021 Colorado Pollinator Summit

Promoting Pollinators through Collaborative Conservation
November 4, 2021 | Butterfly Pavilion & Online

2021 OPENING REMARKS

Welcome and Exploring Colorado’s Pollinators with Dr. Adrian Carper

2021 KEYNOTE SESSION

The Art and Science of Monitoring Tiny Bees on Enormous Landscapes with Olivia Messinger Carrill

Olivia’s books include:

2021 PANEL 1

Mapping Our Native Pollinators: From Diversity to Distributions

  • Featuring: Andony Melathopoulos, Assistant Professor, Pollinator Health Extension, Oregon State University, Oregon Bee Atlas

  • Lincoln Best, Lead Taxonomist, Oregon Bee Atlas

  • Elaine Evans, Extension Educator, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, MN Bumble Bee Atlas

  • Adrian Carper, (Moderator, CU EBIO & Museum of Natural History

  • Olivia Messinger-Carrill

2021 PANEL 2

Policies to Protect Pollinators: Successes & Priorities with Pollinator Champions from the CO Capitol

  • Becky Long, Siegel Long Public Affairs

  • Joe Negeuse, United States Representative (CO)

  • Steve Fenberg, CO State Senator

  • Matt Gray, CO State Representative

2021 PANEL 3

Local Government and Community Collaborations: Collaborating to Chart a Future Together

  • Jim Haselgren, Director of Parks, City of Lakewood

  • Kelli Marko, Eiber Sustainable Neighborhood Bee Safe Leader

  • Kate Rentschlar, Nature in the City Environmental Planner, City of Fort Collins

  • Deneige Hallbert, NoCo PPAN Member and Landscape Designer, City of Fort Collins

  • Judith Chandler, Manitou Springs City Council Member At-Large, City of Manitou Springs

  • Melody Daugherty, Executive Director of Manitou Pollinators, City of Manitou Springs

  • Alli Schuch, Fountain Creek Watershed District Coordinator, City of Manitou Springs

  • Rella Abernathy, Applied Ecological Programs Coordinator, City of Boulder

  • Ashley White, Butterfly Pavilion Horticulture Coordinator

Thank you to our 2021 Colorado Pollinator Summit Sponsors!

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