AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPollinator Watch: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is recruiting volunteers for the Great Plains Bumble Bee Atlas, a community-science effort to survey bumble bees and prairie habitat; KDWP says Kansas participants have logged 2,300 bumble bees and 263 surveys since 2022, and this year’s push targets unsampled western areas with training offered online and in-person. Wildlife & Community: Rolling Hills Zoo is joining the statewide KaZOO Wild Adventure Passport program, encouraging families to visit all seven AZA-accredited Kansas zoos, collect stamps, and enter a grand-prize drawing for animal encounter experiences. Severe Weather Watch: Forecasters are flagging another round of possible severe storms in northeast/east-central Kansas this evening, with large hail the main threat and tornadoes possible if storms develop. Climate & Research: KU’s Monarch Watch is using new butterfly tagging tech to turn migration questions into trackable data, with monarchs fitted with tiny solar-powered radio tags to map their journeys.
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