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Six Substations Now Planted for Pollinator Gardens >>> Crow Wing Power has now seeded six substations in Crow Wing and Morrison County with pollinator seeds to create habitat for butterflies and bees. Last year, we prepared four substations in Crow Wing County and in November of this year, two more substations in Morrison County were prepared and planted.
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CROW WING POWER NEWS • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 • Volume 70, Number 6
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Calendars Available
We’ve historically had grass growing around all of our substations, but decided the substations would provide excellent locations for pollinator perennial plants. In the past few years, we’ve all read about the nearly extinct Minnesota native Rusty Patch bumble bee. And, that help is needed to provide food and habitat for Monarchs and other butterflies.
We had many breathtaking scenic photos submitted by our members for the calendar contest. Choosing only 16 winners, from the 200 photos submitted, proved to be a difficult task.
Therefore, instead of mowing grass around all of our substations, we are planting pollinator seeds at some of the locations. We now have planted at these substation locations shown on the accompanying map: Crosslake, Pine Center, Nokay, Dewing, Motley and Bellevue substations. Minnesota Native Landscapes from Monticello has done the planting and will be checking the sites for a few years to make sure they are well-developed gardens.
The calendars are now printed and available free of charge to our members. You can pick one up at our main headquarters on Hwy. 371 North of Brainerd. Thank you to all who submitted photos.