Mark your calendars!

Join Edible Watertown, a project of the Watertown Public Arts & Culture Committee, Watertown Community Gardens, and Dr. Robert Gegear for his lecture, titled "More than just the buzz: A practical guide to native pollination system conservation (and why it matters)"

Learn how ecological data collected by Dr. Gegear's research lab and Beecology Citizen Science Project are being used to gain insight into the causes of species loss from bee and butterfly pollination systems native to New England. The talk will also highlight the ‘eco-technology' that has been developed to aid Beecologists in the collection of species interaction data, including the launch of a new version of the webapp with automated butterfly and plant ID functions powered by iNaturalist in Spring 2022. The talk will conclude with an overview of how citizen scientists have been using Beecology data to significantly advance native biodiversity restoration efforts in Massachusetts over the past 3 years.

If you register for this event through Watertown Community Gardens, you'll be sent updates as more details are finalized.