This year, the Massanutten Regional Library and two university libraries are making available readings on the topic of pollinators \u2013 their significance and declining numbers \u2013 for students as young as in kindergarten as well as adult readers.<\/span><\/p>\n Upcoming events include:<\/span><\/p>\n Pollinators play a special and significant role in ecosystems and our food supply, according to a press release issued by planning committee, which includes EMU\u2019s Director of Libraries <\/span>Marci Frederick<\/span><\/a>. \u201cBecause we often come together over food to celebrate culture, to cultivate relationships, and to build community, we expect to have lively and meaningful conversations about the relationship between people and the rest of nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Two titles added to EMU\u2019s library are <\/span>Buzz: the nature and necessity of bees<\/span><\/i> by Thor Hanson (Basic Books, 2018) and <\/span>Bees: an identification and native plant forage guide <\/span><\/i>by Heather Holm (Pollination Press, 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRead these books and learn!\u201d Frederick said. \u201cPollinators are currently under stress from climate change, habitat loss and chemical and biological threats, so growing plants that pollinators forage on \u2013 such as milkweed for monarch butterflies \u2013 helps insure pollinator health and abundance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 草莓社区 is among the organizations promoting awareness of pollinators through the \u201cA Book for the \u2018Burg\u201d program.\u00a0Since 2013, the program\u00a0\u2013 a partnership of EMU, James Madison University and ... read more about \u2018A Book for the \u2018Burg\u2019 community collaboration highlights pollinators<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5590,5594,5643,356,5640],"tags":[17530],"feature":[17427,17241],"class_list":["post-39892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-education","category-environmental-sustainability","category-language-and-literature","category-suter-science-center","tag-marci-frederick","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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草莓社区 is among the organizations promoting awareness of pollinators through the \u201cA Book for the \u2018Burg\u201d program.\u00a0Since 2013, the program<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a partnership of EMU, James Madison University and Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation\u00a0\u2013 has focused on engaging the community around a selected theme through a variety of activities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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