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The UN Decade of Restoration – Are You Helping?
A multitude of insects will be feeding on this native plant, Yucca glauca, in spring, just in time for the Western Meadowlark to feed them to its nest of chicks. The majority of songbird babies must have a high-protein, easily eaten, and digestible diet of insects. ...![Hall Ranch](https://conps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Blank-600-x-400-1.jpg)
Hall Ranch
Hall Ranch was calling this afternoon, and I had to go. As the scenery spread out before me, buildings, signs, and overhead wires giving place to brown fields dotted with the occasional ponderosa, I found myself filled suddenly with gratitude for the fact that Hall...![Get A Little Moonwort Madness](https://conps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/B.-furculatum.jpg)
Get A Little Moonwort Madness
“I have moonwort madness,” explains Steve Popovich, “Botrychulosis. It’s an incurable disease caused by a passion for moonworts.” After listening to his interview on a recent ‘In Defense of Plants’ podcast, it was easy to understand what that passion was...![Mason Bees: Pollinator Heroes](https://conps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Blank-400-x-300.jpg)