Rhode Island Audubon’s spring symposium Transforming The Landscape focuses on how to become part of a sustainable community and support our native species by creating beautiful pollinator habitat at home. The keynote speaker Dr. Doug Tallamy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware is well known for his lauded books on landscaping for wildlife.  The seven other speakers include Shannon Kingsley, botanist for RIWPS’ ReSeeding RI initiate, who will talk about how this initiative aims to increase the availability of seeds and plants from locally sourced wild native “ecotypic” plant populations. The other speakers are Dr. Steven Alm, Professor of Entomology, and the URI Bee Lab; Lee Ann Freitas, Director, Roger Williams Park Botanical Center; Sally Johnson, Ecoastal Design; Donna Merrill, Founder and President of Pollinator Pathway; Jen West, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay Research Reserve and Phoenix Wheeler, Audubon Director of Advocacy.  The symposium will take place on April 20, 2024, from 9 am to 4 pm, at Rhode Island College in Providence.