Presentations and Talks

General Pollinator Information

• Doug Tallamy at Golden Gate Audobon:  Nature’s Best Hope (hint: it’s us)
• Chris Cosma – Prioritizing Native Plants for Butterfly and Moth Conservation 
• Terry and Tora Talk All Things Pollinator – Public Zoom Recording – March 28, 2021
• Pollinator Habitat Through the Urban Jungle – Pollinator Power Party presentation featuring Tora Rocha and Derrell Taylor
• Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Proclamation for Pollinator Posse Day in Oakland 5-22-21
• Terry with Tora at Sierra Foothills Rose Society – April 1, 2021
• Life and Death on Milkweed – a deep dive into aphids and the milkweed ecosystem – by May Chen narrated by Clytia Curley
• Stinky Plants and Fly Pollinators Who Love Them – In honor of Victoria the Corpse Flower – This talk goes into the biology of A. titanum, fly pollinators and ultimately a look at the plants in California that are known to have flies as their primary pollinators

For the Younger Crowd

• Mama Wanda’s Garden School visited the Gardens at Lake Merritt to learn all about pollination from the Posse’s Terry Smith      
• The Butterfly Life Cycle   Done with puppets
• Oakland Goes Outdoors  – Fun family field trips in Oakland parks

Monarchs

• Deep Look: This Parasite is Cramping the Monarch Butterfly’s Style – Great PBS video exploring Monarch life cycle along with cause and effects of OE disease
• KQED Bay Curious Podcast – How you can help save the Monarch butterfly and other Pollinators – with Tora Rocha and Jackie Salas
• Wonderful video The Secret Lives of Monarchs
• California Fish and Wildlife FAQ on handling Monarchs – a look but don’t touch policy
• The Posse on KQED Forum Troubles and Mysteries of the Western Monarch Butterfly  with Cofounder Terry Smith, Dr. Art Shapiro of UC Davis and Dr. Angela Laws of Xerces Society.
• Nature’s Archive podcast Tora ep #15 Rocha and Terry Smith – The Pollinator Posse on Monarchs, their Amazing Lifecycle, and Their Frightening Decline in the West – Part ‪1‬
• Nature’s Archive podcast ep #16: Tora Rocha and Terry Smith – The Pollinator Posse Part 2 – What Landowners Can Do to Create Habita‪t‬

Native Bees

• Native Bees on PBS – My Garden of a thousand bees riveting documentary on native bees and how to make your own habitat
• Wild Bee Conservation in California – Join the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Pollinator Coordinator to discuss  threats facing pollinators and opportunities to conserve them with Drs. Hollis Woodard (UC Irvine) and Lauren Ponisio (University of Oregon).