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Pollinator Garden
Restoring Butterfly Habitat at Terra Vista
Managing a Right-of-Way Helped This Park Restore Its Grasslands
Lady Mary Watts Johnson
- Type: Person

Born into a life of prosperity, comfort and high society, Mary (who was nicknamed “Polly”) had no way of knowing as she grew into a young woman, how quickly her life would change forever. Civil wars like the American Revolution can divide families in ways none of them would ever imagine, and lead those who would not normally be considered soldiers to fight battles not for grand causes, but simply to keep their families together. Such is Mary Watts Johnson’s story.
Polly Wood's Ordinary
- Type: Place
Protecting Our Pollinators
- Type: Article

Can you name five bees in your park? Ten? Twenty? Will they all be there 50 years from now? We know that pollinators are key to maintaining healthy ecosystems—from managed almond orchards to wild mountain meadows. We have heard about dramatic population declines of the agricultural workhorse, the honey bee. Yet what do we really know about the remarkable diversity and resilience of native bees in our national parks?
- Type: Article

Pollinators play a crucial role in national park ecosystems and beyond. In the national parks, species inventories help managers know which pollinators are present, and in what abundance, to better understand the state of park ecosystems and make decisions about how to manage them. From 2024 to 2026, 17 parks across the country will be surveyed for bees and butterflies.
Oak Ridge Wayside: Planting Gardens to Win the War
Oak Ridge Wayside: Enlisting Nature in Fight for Freedom
Who Grows There? (HC) - 2 - wayside exhibit
Who Grows There? - 2 - wayside exhibit
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The National Park Service will use an adaptive management approach developed with the U.S. Geological Survey to prevent, eradicate, and refine treatment methods for invasive grasses in the Northern Great Plains. The project aims to increase forage quality for bison and other wildlife, increase native plant diversity, improve pollinator habitat, increase climate resiliency, and refine restoration practices that can be broadly shared with other regions.
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In 2023, the Glacier National Park Citizen Science Program hosted their first-ever Nocturnal Pollinator Bioblitz to investigate the important work of these under-researched creatures. This bioblitz focused on moths, which have been virtually undocumented in the park, despite being the most abundant nocturnal pollinators. This bioblitz focused on moths, which have been virtually undocumented in the park, despite being the most abundant nocturnal pollinators.
Georgetown Waterfront Park
- Type: Place

The Georgetown Waterfront Park provides a green space for visitor recreation and contemplation. The park curves along 10 acres of the Potomac River extending from the Washington Harbour complex to Key Bridge. The park offers visitors amazing views of Theodore Roosevelt Island, Rosslyn, Virginia and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- Type: Place

The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is a 17-acre park stretching 1.5 miles across Boston’s Chinatown, Financial District, Wharf District, and North End neighborhoods. Almost 900 trees line the Greenway’s boulevard. The Greenway provides important habitat to native species and space for humans to play and relax.