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conservation history and heroes

conservation history and heroes

Robert Michael Pyle, who founded the Xerces Society in 1971. He has grey hair and beard, and is wearing a blue denim shirt over a blue t-shirt with a black-and-yellow swallowtail butterfly design -- and is holding his butterfly net.
People Who Shaped the Xerces Society: Robert Michael Pyle and Melody Mackey Allen
25. May 2021
A man and a woman stand nest to each other in front of a grove of old trees.
Remembering Bill Shepard, a Great Friend of Butterflies
28. January 2021
A Xerces blue butterfly resting on the green stems of deerweed
Xerces Turns Fifty: A Half Century of Ground-Breaking Conservation
26. January 2021
A person wearing fluorescent clothing and a headlamp swings a net alongside a roadway lit by streetlamps at night.
Announcing the 2020 DeWind Awardees
31. March 2020
A tall woman with short, white hair who is holding a Xerces pollinator habitat sign stands next to a woman with dark hair and a dark down coat, in the entrance to a garden.
Bee City USA Begins a New Chapter
15. November 2019
A monarch butterfly perches atop a stalk of purple flowers with thread-like petals sticking out in various directions.
DeWind Alumnae Publish Three New Research Papers about Monarch Butterflies
6. November 2019
A fuzzy, gray and black bee collects pollen from a purple flower.
Bee City USA Mobilizes Communities to Support Imperiled Pollinators—Here’s How to Join
26. April 2019
Robbin Thorp, wearing an orange shirt and tan pants and a tan hat, carries a net as he walks through the hills of southern Oregon.
Honoring Robbin Thorp, a Legendary Figure in North American Bee Conservation
24. April 2019
Both Dewind awardees are shown in this composite image.
Announcing the 2019 DeWind Awardees
3. April 2019
A firefighter sprays water from a bridge onto the burning Cuyahoga River in this historical photo, in black and white..
A firefighter sprays water from a bridge onto the burning Cuyahoga River in this historical photo, in black and white..
Reflections and Exhortations on the Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
18. October 2018
Rachel Carson looks pensive as she sits near a ship, with a book in her lap.
Celebrating the Legacy of Rachel Carson
27. September 2018
A man stands among flowering shrubs that nearly dwarf and obscure him, and that are filled with nectaring monarchs!
Lincoln Brower: A Life Well Spent
31. July 2018
Bee City USA
Xerces Society + Bee City USA = A Match Made in Pollinator Heaven
11. June 2018