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HOW YOU CAN HELP POLLINATORS
Learn about how you can make an impact for our native pollinators and ecosystems. There are many ways to help, especially by adding native plants, but you can also certify your garden or contribute to community science (also known as citizen science) research efforts. We highlight some of these opportunities below.
Help the Field Museum Team
This project asks you to upload photos of bees on flowers to help us learn more about what flowers bumble bees pollinate.
Monarch Community Science Project
Thousands of Chicagoland residents helped answer the question, “what are the characteristics of a successful urban monarch garden?”
Unfolding of Microplant Mysteries
What secrets lie within microplants? Researchers at the Field Museum are attempting to classify a hyper-diverse group of plants.
Take the Illinois Monarch Pledge
Pledges help estimate progress toward the goals set forth in the Illinois Monarch Action Plan.
Other Community Science Opportunities & More
Certify Your Garden
National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Habitat
Outside of Cook County? You can register your habitat here.
Why Pollinators & People Matter
MORE WAYS TO HELP:
Pollinator Steward Certification | Pollinator Partnership
Join a Chapter | Wild Ones
Natural Areas Community Stewardship Workdays | Chicago Park District
Ecological Stewardship Workdays | Forest Preserves of Cook County