Bell Bowl Prairie reprieve. Climate change threatens wild bees that blueberries need. The genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes. Is propolis the next big bee byproduct?
Bell Bowl Prairie reprieve. Climate change threatens wild bees that blueberries need. The genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes. Is propolis the next big bee byproduct?
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In a dramatic 11th-hour development, an agreement has been reached to temporarily halt construction activity that would destroy the 8,000-year-old Bell Bowl Prairie remnant, located on Rockford Airport property and targeted for demolition as part of a $50 million expansion of the airfield’s cargo operations. Thursday evening, the Natural Land Institute, long-time stewards of Bell Bowl, announced that a deal had been reached through U.S. District Court with the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, its board of commissioners and executive director Michael Dunn. Conservationists are cautiously pleased with the short-term victory but said the fight to save Bell Bowl is far from over, pointing to the airport’s press release, which states: “We anticipate the resumption of the project in the spring of 2022.” The rusty patched bumble bee was observed in Bell Bowl Prairie this past summer.
Bell Bowl Prairie reprieve. Climate change threatens wild bees that blueberries need. The genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes. Is propolis the next big bee byproduct?
Bell Bowl Prairie reprieve. Climate change…
Bell Bowl Prairie reprieve. Climate change threatens wild bees that blueberries need. The genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes. Is propolis the next big bee byproduct?
In a dramatic 11th-hour development, an agreement has been reached to temporarily halt construction activity that would destroy the 8,000-year-old Bell Bowl Prairie remnant, located on Rockford Airport property and targeted for demolition as part of a $50 million expansion of the airfield’s cargo operations. Thursday evening, the Natural Land Institute, long-time stewards of Bell Bowl, announced that a deal had been reached through U.S. District Court with the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, its board of commissioners and executive director Michael Dunn. Conservationists are cautiously pleased with the short-term victory but said the fight to save Bell Bowl is far from over, pointing to the airport’s press release, which states: “We anticipate the resumption of the project in the spring of 2022.” The rusty patched bumble bee was observed in Bell Bowl Prairie this past summer.