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Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture – Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming?

URI Pharmacy Building, Room 170 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI

Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently, there has been major focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator abundance in agricultural areas. The ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator […]

Beechwood Lecture – Tree Health and Preservation

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Practical Tree Care Amidst Today’s Challenges Ames Kaiser, career arborist, will discuss practical tree care in the context of extreme drought and rain, high winds, current invasive pests, existing monocultures, and the decline of older wood specimen trees.  Ames will also briefly discuss the challenges of tick and mosquito control for homeowners.  Ames Kaiser's career […]

Beechwood Lecture – Life in the Soil – PROGRAM CANCELLED

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

We are canceling this program and hope to reschedule it when the conditions for gathering together make more sense.   Organic Worm Composting Monique Bosch from Wiggle Room Organic Worm Composting […]

Nature’s Best Hope: A Talk by Doug Tallamy & Book Signing WATCH ONLINE

Hope & Main 691 Main Street, Warren, RI

Doug Tallamy has filmed a recent version of this talk and generously made it available to us.  Click here for this announcement and watch. Join Doug Tallamy for a talk about his newest publication, Nature’s Best Hope. Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in […]

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Recorded Lecture: Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy

Doug Tallamy was scheduled to deliver this talk for RIWPS this summer in cooperation with the Warren Land Commission Trust. Doug has generously shared a video of a recent presentation. Please enjoy it as you shelter in place and plan your post- quarantine native plant garden!  Link to our previously recorded programs/events. Doug Tallamy talks […]

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Recorded Virtual Lecture – Enhancing Delaware Highways: Lessons from the Roadside

Online

Watch the recording on our Previously Recoded Programs/Events On November 21, RIWPS invited Dr. Susan Barton from the University of Delaware Plant and Soil Science Department to give a virtual lecture focusing on  20-year project with the Delaware Department of Transportation that has provided many experiences with using native plants in stressful situations.  She discussed […]

A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG TALLAMY (Program for RIWPS Members)

Zoom

Watch on Recording of Previous Programs/Events Join a conversation with ecologist Doug Tallamy, as he discusses his latest research and most recent book, Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. RIWPS member Anne Raver will lead off with some key questions about Tallamy’s work over the past 20 years, […]

Annual Meeting: Guest Speaker – Alicia Lehrer

Online

Woonasquatucket River Greenway Our annual meeting will focus on a success story. The paths, parks, and festivals that have been built along a river that flows from the densely populated, […]

Beechwood Lecture: Capturing the Native Garden in Art

Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

Journal Sketch, Frances Topping The Beechwood Lecture Series returns!  The first speaker in this 2021 series, offered jointly by the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and University of Rhode Island […]