In the northwest part of Contra Costa County, a remarkable effort is now underway to help some of the most important creatures on our planet: the creatures that pollinate our foods.
PINOLE â Study after study show a worrisome trend: bees, butterflies and birds are among certain pollinators who appear to be facing a battle for their survival. Around the world, their populations are in decline.'Pollinators are in trouble,' noted Jon Jarvis, former Director of the United States National Park Service. He is now the Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Institute for Parks, People and Diversity.
Their goal: to restore the habitat and give pollinators â especially monarch butterflies - a place to rest and reproduce.'Today we're putting in golden top, lots of milkweed which is the larval plant for monarch butterflies. We've got deer grass, we've got mule fat, we've got coyote brush,' said Carol Bray as she listed off the plantings.Bray is a volunteer and board member of the Friends of the Pinole Creek Watershed.
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