The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources notes in Lawns to Legumes: Your Yard Can BEE the Change:
The Lawns to Legumes program offers a combination of workshops, coaching, planting guides and cost-share funding for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns. The program also includes a public education campaign to raise awareness for pollinator habitat projects and will establish demonstration neighborhoods that showcase best practices. Partners include Blue Thumb - Planting for Clean Water and Metro Blooms.
Funding is provided through the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) and will be targeted in priority areas to benefit the Rusty patched bumblebee and other at-risk species. Please continue checking this webpage for additional updates about the program.
State Representative Kelly Morrison, who sponsored the bill, posted on Facebook:
There's more in a tweet:
#Lawns2Legumes made the Live Your Best Life list in @oprahmagazine! Resolve to transform your lawn to a pollinator friendly habitat and help save the bees and the planet!🐝🌎#ProtectPollinators #2020 pic.twitter.com/4NgWYo2XfB
— Kelly Morrison (@Morrison4MN) January 1, 2020
This is a delightful plug for the program.
Banner: From the BSWR Lawns to Legumes page.
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