BEE CAMPUS MARYLAND

We are a collaborative group of University of Maryland students, staff, faculty, local scientists and community members working to build a bee and pollinator friendly community. For over ten years we have been working on campus and in our communities on pollinator conservation through research, education, increasing native plantings, reducing insecticide use, habitat enhancement, preservation, and community engagement. We strive to do more together for pollinators, their habitats, and community outreach in years ahead.

Our latest initiatives are contributing to The Route One Pollinator Corridor from Sustainable Maryland and becoming a certified Bee Campus USA affiliate of The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Every community owes its existence and strength to the generations before them, around the world, who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy into making the history that led to this moment.

Truth and acknowledgement are critical in building mutual respect and connections across all barriers of heritage and difference.

So, we acknowledge the truth that is often buried: We are on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway People, who are the ancestral stewards of this sacred land. It is their historical responsibility to advocate for the four-legged, the winged, those that crawl and those that swim. They remind us that clean air and pristine waterways are essential to all life.

This Land Acknowledgement is a vocal reminder for each of us as two-leggeds to ensure our physical environment is in better condition than what we inherited, for the health and prosperity of future generations.