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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>What did we get when \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/05/29/schwarzenegger-proposes-closing-80-percent-of-california-state-parks/\">budget cuts threatened to close hundreds of California state parks\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=449\">Fort Ross State Historic Park\u003c/a>, we got a Russian ambassador, an oligarch and funding from foreign oil, gas and mining interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083664519/u-s-and-european-sanctions-against-russia-are-unprecedented-zarate-says\">nations around the world responded by enacting tough sanctions\u003c/a> on people and businesses in President Vladimir Putin’s orbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sanctions’ grip tightened, one influential member of the Russian parliament even raged on state television that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/russian-lawmakers-demand-for-return-of-fort-ross-raises-old-questions-abou/\">Russia should take back Fort Ross\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is where our story begins …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/fortross_final-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11909377\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/fortross_final-1.png\" alt='Cartoon: a sea otter floats in the water with a bag of cash on its belly. 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"content": "\u003cp>This is a good year to catch a glimpse of monarch butterflies waiting out the winter in places like Pacific Grove and Pismo Beach. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preliminary reports say that over 200,000 monarchs have gathered along coastal California where they are roosting together in chandelier-like formations to stay warm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s encouraging news after 2020’s record low, when fewer than 2,000 Western monarch butterflies were spotted during the \u003ca href=\"//www.westernmonarchcount.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">annual Thanksgiving count\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as encouraging as this year’s overwintering numbers are, monarchs are still in danger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reasons: loss of habitat and food sources. Pesticide use. Climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to pinpoint in any one year, in any given location, what the driving factor is,” said Angela Laws with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.xerces.org/\">Xerces Society for Invertebrate Protection\u003c/a>. “It’s multiple things operating at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Good intentions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When a Bay Curious listener named Ellea, who lives in Richmond, heard the news that so few Western monarch butterflies were counted in California, she wanted to help. She planted some milkweed — the only plant that Western monarch caterpillars eat — and tried to raise some monarchs to release into the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things didn’t go as planned. Only about half her caterpillars matured to adult butterflies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was devastated by that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And her milkweed wasn’t doing so well either. One plant seemed to disappear altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Monarch butterflies are plummeting toward extinction. This is my first year trying to raise them,” Ellea wrote to Bay Curious. “I’m shocked at the difficulties in getting, planting and protecting native milkweeds. Why is it so hard?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Smith of the \u003ca href=\"https://pollinatorposse.org/\">Pollinator Posse\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit that educates and trains people to help pollinators like the Western monarch, said she heard from a lot of people who started to rear monarchs in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as well intentioned as those efforts are, raising butterflies without a permit is actually illegal in California, the same as it would be for any wild animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People thought that because they were insects, they didn’t count,” said Tora Rocha, Smith’s co-founder of the Pollinator Posse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJld_tIpPk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research shows that when humans help monarchs through the delicate metamorphosis from egg to adult butterfly, it can actually hurt the species. \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/blog/keep-monarchs-wild\">It produces butterflies less likely to survive migration\u003c/a> and contributes to the spread of Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (commonly known as “OE”), a parasite that kills monarchs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re “raising them in a false climate,” said Rocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How to plant pollinator-friendly gardens\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But there’s good news for anyone interested in helping monarchs: You can take plenty of other actions, whatever your skill or commitment level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Planting habitat, reducing pesticide use in your community or pressuring elected officials at all levels of government to enact real solutions to climate change — these things are going to have a big impact on monarchs and all of the other pollinator species who are also in need of conservation help,” said Laws from the Xerces Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rocha said that you don’t need a big garden to make an impact. Even one or two nectar plants on a stoop or balcony helps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/tora-rocha-garden-gate-2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman dressed in a shirt that says Polinator Posse on it stands in front of ornate iron gates leading to a garden.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1767\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tora Rocha, co-founder of the Pollinator Posse, stands in front of the gates at The Gardens at Lake Merritt, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if you’re planning to grow milkweed, be sure to find some that’s native to California. Native milkweed goes dormant in the winter, which reinforces the monarch’s migration pattern. But tropical milkweed, often sold at plant nurseries, can increase the spread of OE, that deadly parasite that kills monarchs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s \u003cem>a lot\u003c/em> of information about milkweed varieties on the internet — it can get overwhelming. One good resource is this \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-004.pdf\">fact-sheet from the Xerces Society\u003c/a>, which recommends types of milkweeds to plant and types to avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of gardening, finding a place where your native milkweed will grow requires some trial and error, and patience, said Rocha. “They want sun, they want heat,” said Rocha. “Things that go dormant take a little longer to establish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some growers make the mistake of thinking that their native milkweed has died when, really, it’s doing what it’s supposed to: taking a winter break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native plant societies often have plant sales where you can purchase milkweed and other nectar plants. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnps.org/chapters\">There are chapters all over the country and you can search for the one nearest to you.\u003c/a> There are also nurseries that specialize in plants native to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_lPd2oFV4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, native milkweed can sometimes be hard to find. It’s in high demand, and garden clubs and plant societies often sell out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are plenty of other plants you can grow to support the Western monarch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s true that milkweed is essential for breeding and for feeding caterpillars, the monarchs’ main activity in the Bay Area is overwintering, when the butterfly enters a stage of reproductive diapause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to keep their fat stores up to survive the winter, and that means they have to stay alive for four months,” said Rocha. “So they need to get nectar, and [in the Bay Area] we don’t have a lot of nectar in the winter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pollinatorposse.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/pollinator-posse-native-plant-list-sw-5-29-15-sheet1.pdf\">The Pollinator Posse website lists nectar plants by color\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD_3Yj-rk7OhNHdnIfOh8kL8003_8f9n/view\">month that they bloom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xerces Society offers a list as well that provides \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-046_01_MonarchNectarPlants_California_web-3pg.pdf\">information on the types of insects the plants attract\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pushing for fewer pesticides\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Along with habitat destruction, pesticides are one of the reasons for the Western monarchs’ steep decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pesticideimpacts.org/neonicotinoids\">Neonicotinoids are a widely used type of pesticide that pollinator supporters want banned.\u003c/a> They spread through every part of a plant and can stay in the plant and soil for years. The European Union banned the outdoor use of “neonics” in 2018, in part because of their impact on bees. The city of Oakland also has committed to not using neonics in its landscaping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901416\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee.jpg\" alt=\"A garden hut holds pieces of deadwood stacked neatly in cubbies. A sign reads AirBeeNBee.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">To make The Gardens at Lake Merritt more pollinator-friendly, Tora Rocha advocated for this ‘AirBeeNBee,’ created from decaying wood pieces. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Angela Laws and Tora Rocha say asking about pesticide use when you buy plants sends an important message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because if people start hearing from many of their customers that this is something that they want, I feel like that will lead to big change,” said Laws. “So just asking, I feel like it’s really powerful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rocha finds it particularly frustrating that nurseries use neonicotinoids and other pesticides on plants they advertise as pollinator-friendly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nurseries use it because they only have to spray it once and it’s just cheap,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ask the nurseries the hard questions,” said Rocha. “Because they’ll tell us they have to spray because no one wants to buy a plant with aphids. Well, we want to see aphids because then we know it hasn’t been sprayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Citizen scientists observe and report monarch populations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Rocha said the other big thing you can do to help Western monarchs is count them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to look into more observation. We just don’t have the answers,” said Rocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901418\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/volunteers-adjusted.jpg\" alt=\"Two women wearing masks search a verdant green bush for monarch eggs.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1695\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two volunteers search for monarch eggs and caterpillars at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is especially important given that some monarchs are staying year-round in places they used to use only for overwintering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it seems like there’s a year-round population that just stays in the Bay Area all year and doesn’t migrate,” said Laws. “We don’t know much about that population yet. What’s driving it? We don’t know if some of those individuals do migrate, and we also don’t know how sustainable that is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBdSXxER3CWEn0BNDbwfcrX-BSo-cdElFyZkDBwQ2pLOxKTQ/viewform\">report your butterfly and caterpillar sightings online at the Pollinator Posse website\u003c/a> or volunteer to collect data for them at places like Children’s Fairyland. And the \u003ca href=\"https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/\">Xerces Society’s Thanksgiving Count\u003c/a>, which just completed its 25th year, relies heavily on volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the world of butterflies, there’s a tradition of citizen scientists contributing in major ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scientists didn’t know where monarchs went in the winter,” said Rocha. “It was citizen scientists that tagged them and found them in Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Help one pollinator, you help them all\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As much work as Rocha has done to help monarchs, it was bees that first got her involved in protecting pollinators. She sees the monarch as a flashy ambassador that draws people into caring about the plight of pollinators in general. And that’s fine by her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901421\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of butterflies cluster on tree branches, making it look like an orange and black chandelier.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During colder months, monarch butterflies overwinter, clustering on trees to stay warm. \u003ccite>(JHVEPhoto/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Once you help one pollinator, you’re really helping them all,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of the nectar plants that support monarchs support other species, too. Similarly, limiting the monarchs’ exposure to pesticides means other insects will be exposed less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let the monarchs go, because it means we’re failing the rest of the pollinators,” said Rocha. “If we’re willing to let an iconic species die, then we’ve really messed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don’t call it a comeback … yet\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The 200,000 plus monarchs spotted overwintering across California during 2021’s census have certainly renewed Rocha’s hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she knows that a good year does not signal a full recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insect populations tend to bounce around a lot,” said Laws. “They can go really high and really low.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2021 numbers are coming after multiple years of very low numbers — and remember, there were millions of monarchs in California as recently as the 1980s. In that context, 200,000 doesn’t seem like such a victory. And the Western monarch still lacks protection at the federal and state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps this year’s showing is the monarch’s way of telling humans not to give up on them, that given adequate habitat and protection, they can thrive once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources to get you started\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Pollinator Posse’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD_3Yj-rk7OhNHdnIfOh8kL8003_8f9n/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">list of pollinator-friendly plants is a good starting point with big pictures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xerces Society’s \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-004.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one-sheet on milkweed provides vital information without sending you down a rabbit-hole.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Calscape.org\u003c/a> is an overall good resource. It \u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/nurseries.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lists nurseries that sell native plants\u003c/a>. The website also has a \u003ca href=\"https://gardenplanner.calscape.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fun quiz \u003c/a>to help you plan your garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xerces Society offers tips for \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/19-053_Buying%20Bee-Safe%20Nursery%20Plants_4%20pg%20%281%29.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">what to ask nurseries about their pest-management practices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://pollinatorposse.org/projects/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">information on how to help the Pollinator Posse gather data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For information about helping the annual Thanksgiving and New Year’s counts visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Western Monarch Count.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7SSt0hqu6Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This is a good year to catch a glimpse of monarch butterflies waiting out the winter in places like Pacific Grove and Pismo Beach. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preliminary reports say that over 200,000 monarchs have gathered along coastal California where they are roosting together in chandelier-like formations to stay warm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s encouraging news after 2020’s record low, when fewer than 2,000 Western monarch butterflies were spotted during the \u003ca href=\"//www.westernmonarchcount.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">annual Thanksgiving count\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as encouraging as this year’s overwintering numbers are, monarchs are still in danger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reasons: loss of habitat and food sources. Pesticide use. Climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to pinpoint in any one year, in any given location, what the driving factor is,” said Angela Laws with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.xerces.org/\">Xerces Society for Invertebrate Protection\u003c/a>. “It’s multiple things operating at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Good intentions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When a Bay Curious listener named Ellea, who lives in Richmond, heard the news that so few Western monarch butterflies were counted in California, she wanted to help. She planted some milkweed — the only plant that Western monarch caterpillars eat — and tried to raise some monarchs to release into the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things didn’t go as planned. Only about half her caterpillars matured to adult butterflies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was devastated by that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And her milkweed wasn’t doing so well either. One plant seemed to disappear altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Monarch butterflies are plummeting toward extinction. This is my first year trying to raise them,” Ellea wrote to Bay Curious. “I’m shocked at the difficulties in getting, planting and protecting native milkweeds. Why is it so hard?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Smith of the \u003ca href=\"https://pollinatorposse.org/\">Pollinator Posse\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit that educates and trains people to help pollinators like the Western monarch, said she heard from a lot of people who started to rear monarchs in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as well intentioned as those efforts are, raising butterflies without a permit is actually illegal in California, the same as it would be for any wild animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People thought that because they were insects, they didn’t count,” said Tora Rocha, Smith’s co-founder of the Pollinator Posse.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/0FJld_tIpPk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/0FJld_tIpPk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Research shows that when humans help monarchs through the delicate metamorphosis from egg to adult butterfly, it can actually hurt the species. \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/blog/keep-monarchs-wild\">It produces butterflies less likely to survive migration\u003c/a> and contributes to the spread of Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (commonly known as “OE”), a parasite that kills monarchs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re “raising them in a false climate,” said Rocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How to plant pollinator-friendly gardens\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But there’s good news for anyone interested in helping monarchs: You can take plenty of other actions, whatever your skill or commitment level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Planting habitat, reducing pesticide use in your community or pressuring elected officials at all levels of government to enact real solutions to climate change — these things are going to have a big impact on monarchs and all of the other pollinator species who are also in need of conservation help,” said Laws from the Xerces Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rocha said that you don’t need a big garden to make an impact. Even one or two nectar plants on a stoop or balcony helps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/tora-rocha-garden-gate-2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman dressed in a shirt that says Polinator Posse on it stands in front of ornate iron gates leading to a garden.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1767\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tora Rocha, co-founder of the Pollinator Posse, stands in front of the gates at The Gardens at Lake Merritt, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if you’re planning to grow milkweed, be sure to find some that’s native to California. Native milkweed goes dormant in the winter, which reinforces the monarch’s migration pattern. But tropical milkweed, often sold at plant nurseries, can increase the spread of OE, that deadly parasite that kills monarchs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s \u003cem>a lot\u003c/em> of information about milkweed varieties on the internet — it can get overwhelming. One good resource is this \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-004.pdf\">fact-sheet from the Xerces Society\u003c/a>, which recommends types of milkweeds to plant and types to avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of gardening, finding a place where your native milkweed will grow requires some trial and error, and patience, said Rocha. “They want sun, they want heat,” said Rocha. “Things that go dormant take a little longer to establish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some growers make the mistake of thinking that their native milkweed has died when, really, it’s doing what it’s supposed to: taking a winter break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native plant societies often have plant sales where you can purchase milkweed and other nectar plants. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnps.org/chapters\">There are chapters all over the country and you can search for the one nearest to you.\u003c/a> There are also nurseries that specialize in plants native to California.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/el_lPd2oFV4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/el_lPd2oFV4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>That said, native milkweed can sometimes be hard to find. It’s in high demand, and garden clubs and plant societies often sell out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are plenty of other plants you can grow to support the Western monarch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s true that milkweed is essential for breeding and for feeding caterpillars, the monarchs’ main activity in the Bay Area is overwintering, when the butterfly enters a stage of reproductive diapause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to keep their fat stores up to survive the winter, and that means they have to stay alive for four months,” said Rocha. “So they need to get nectar, and [in the Bay Area] we don’t have a lot of nectar in the winter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pollinatorposse.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/pollinator-posse-native-plant-list-sw-5-29-15-sheet1.pdf\">The Pollinator Posse website lists nectar plants by color\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD_3Yj-rk7OhNHdnIfOh8kL8003_8f9n/view\">month that they bloom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xerces Society offers a list as well that provides \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-046_01_MonarchNectarPlants_California_web-3pg.pdf\">information on the types of insects the plants attract\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pushing for fewer pesticides\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Along with habitat destruction, pesticides are one of the reasons for the Western monarchs’ steep decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pesticideimpacts.org/neonicotinoids\">Neonicotinoids are a widely used type of pesticide that pollinator supporters want banned.\u003c/a> They spread through every part of a plant and can stay in the plant and soil for years. The European Union banned the outdoor use of “neonics” in 2018, in part because of their impact on bees. The city of Oakland also has committed to not using neonics in its landscaping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901416\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee.jpg\" alt=\"A garden hut holds pieces of deadwood stacked neatly in cubbies. A sign reads AirBeeNBee.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AirBeeNBee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">To make The Gardens at Lake Merritt more pollinator-friendly, Tora Rocha advocated for this ‘AirBeeNBee,’ created from decaying wood pieces. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Angela Laws and Tora Rocha say asking about pesticide use when you buy plants sends an important message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because if people start hearing from many of their customers that this is something that they want, I feel like that will lead to big change,” said Laws. “So just asking, I feel like it’s really powerful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rocha finds it particularly frustrating that nurseries use neonicotinoids and other pesticides on plants they advertise as pollinator-friendly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nurseries use it because they only have to spray it once and it’s just cheap,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ask the nurseries the hard questions,” said Rocha. “Because they’ll tell us they have to spray because no one wants to buy a plant with aphids. Well, we want to see aphids because then we know it hasn’t been sprayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Citizen scientists observe and report monarch populations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Rocha said the other big thing you can do to help Western monarchs is count them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to look into more observation. We just don’t have the answers,” said Rocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901418\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/volunteers-adjusted.jpg\" alt=\"Two women wearing masks search a verdant green bush for monarch eggs.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1695\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two volunteers search for monarch eggs and caterpillars at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Amanda Stupi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is especially important given that some monarchs are staying year-round in places they used to use only for overwintering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it seems like there’s a year-round population that just stays in the Bay Area all year and doesn’t migrate,” said Laws. “We don’t know much about that population yet. What’s driving it? We don’t know if some of those individuals do migrate, and we also don’t know how sustainable that is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBdSXxER3CWEn0BNDbwfcrX-BSo-cdElFyZkDBwQ2pLOxKTQ/viewform\">report your butterfly and caterpillar sightings online at the Pollinator Posse website\u003c/a> or volunteer to collect data for them at places like Children’s Fairyland. And the \u003ca href=\"https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/\">Xerces Society’s Thanksgiving Count\u003c/a>, which just completed its 25th year, relies heavily on volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the world of butterflies, there’s a tradition of citizen scientists contributing in major ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scientists didn’t know where monarchs went in the winter,” said Rocha. “It was citizen scientists that tagged them and found them in Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Help one pollinator, you help them all\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As much work as Rocha has done to help monarchs, it was bees that first got her involved in protecting pollinators. She sees the monarch as a flashy ambassador that draws people into caring about the plight of pollinators in general. And that’s fine by her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901421\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of butterflies cluster on tree branches, making it look like an orange and black chandelier.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Monarch-cluster-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During colder months, monarch butterflies overwinter, clustering on trees to stay warm. \u003ccite>(JHVEPhoto/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Once you help one pollinator, you’re really helping them all,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of the nectar plants that support monarchs support other species, too. Similarly, limiting the monarchs’ exposure to pesticides means other insects will be exposed less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t let the monarchs go, because it means we’re failing the rest of the pollinators,” said Rocha. “If we’re willing to let an iconic species die, then we’ve really messed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don’t call it a comeback … yet\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The 200,000 plus monarchs spotted overwintering across California during 2021’s census have certainly renewed Rocha’s hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she knows that a good year does not signal a full recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insect populations tend to bounce around a lot,” said Laws. “They can go really high and really low.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2021 numbers are coming after multiple years of very low numbers — and remember, there were millions of monarchs in California as recently as the 1980s. In that context, 200,000 doesn’t seem like such a victory. And the Western monarch still lacks protection at the federal and state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps this year’s showing is the monarch’s way of telling humans not to give up on them, that given adequate habitat and protection, they can thrive once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources to get you started\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Pollinator Posse’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD_3Yj-rk7OhNHdnIfOh8kL8003_8f9n/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">list of pollinator-friendly plants is a good starting point with big pictures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xerces Society’s \u003ca href=\"https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-004.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one-sheet on milkweed provides vital information without sending you down a rabbit-hole.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Calscape.org\u003c/a> is an overall good resource. It \u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/nurseries.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lists nurseries that sell native plants\u003c/a>. 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According to a recent study that surveyed 10 countries, about \u003ca href=\"https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=596097013121101031068117015114122066031063059088049089096097000013023038035031000011019069101007032058074088073013002016066017078114095024090075069117077089122030018040043066068041105031085108117033015089063010015100089095026116092064105103127022012087104094082127005064091090079006082083004&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE\">60% of young people feel worried\u003c/a> or extremely worried about climate change. And more than half of the respondents relayed feelings of fear for their future and hesitancy when thinking of major life decisions like having children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some young people now feel pressure to take climate action, since it seems like their future is at stake. In California, there are many young activists who are channeling their climate anxiety into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diana Michaelson is a 16-year-old junior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School who has been worried about climate change since her first year. That’s when she learned her hometown of Long Beach would be facing serious sea level rise by the time she’s 25.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Nik Evasco, youth climate organizer and program manager, 350 Bay Area\"]‘Young people are going to be impacted for the majority of their lives by whatever climate is to come or is happening right now.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always been told to do it for your children, save the future for the next generation,” said Michaelson. “And what I’ve realized is, at this current rate, there’s no saving the next generation. We’re seeing the effects right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michaelson is leading a \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygsc.com/\">student initiative\u003c/a> to transition her school district off fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy by 2030. A similar campaign has already been passed by the Los Angeles Unified School District: Since their commitment in 2007 to becoming an environmentally friendly urban school district, they’ve decreased their electricity, natural gas and water use and have developed more green spaces across the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michaelson says she was able to connect with a few of the leaders from LAUSD’s campaign, which pushed her to begin her own in Long Beach. But, while she’s passionate about her activism, she also says her parents and many of the adults involved in the campaign just want her and her peers to have a normal teenage life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11900559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11900559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting-800x461.png\" alt='A Zoom screen shows women holding up signs that messages like \"Green schools.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting-800x461.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting-1020x588.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting-160x92.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/LBUSD-Zoom-Meeting.png 1217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of LBUSD meet via Zoom to discuss the 100% renewable energy campaign in 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Diana Michaelson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What I’m realizing is this isn’t normal,” she said. “This shouldn’t be normal. We shouldn’t have to be rallying for a future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fact is, it’s hard to ignore these issues when the stakes around climate change feel so urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, leaders like Nik Evasco act as mentors to support young organizers as they continue to grow as climate leaders. Evasco is a youth climate organizer and program manager with \u003ca href=\"https://350bayarea.org/\">350 Bay Area\u003c/a>, a nonprofit organization that focuses on fossil fuel resistance. They lead the youth mobilizing team on local and statewide campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Young people are going to be impacted for the majority of their lives by whatever climate is to come or is happening right now,” Evasco said. “So there really is this kind of shift that I’ve noticed where it’s put youth in front, of course. You can’t have a movement that’s not being led by directly impacted communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11900564\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11900564\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-800x600.jpg\" alt='Five people wearing masks hold up a green sign that reads \"President Biden Build Back Fossil Free\" with a bridge in the background.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/January-2021-Banner-Drop-Coincide-with-Bidens-Inauguration.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of 350 Bay Area’s youth mobilizing team push for fossil fuel resistance on the day of President Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Nik Evasco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But, Evasco points out, these communities often don’t have the resources they need to push through sustainable changes at a higher level, which can foster feelings of frustration and burnout for many of these young activists. Evasco coined this idea as the “youth hope industrial complex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like a double-edged sword of, you bring us all the solutions and then you take the lead, and then the flip side of it is that there’s no payoff in the political or policy sphere,” Evasco said.[aside postID=\"news_11894453,mindshift_58796,perspectives_201601141613\" label=\"Related Posts\"]While on-the-ground activism is important, it’s also just as crucial to take time to process setbacks. 350 Bay Area organizes frequent social events to create a space for young climate advocates to talk about how they’re feeling with their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because if you don’t, if you’re just fueled by pure optimism, rage or just one emotion in your activism work, it can be really detrimental,” Evasco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who’ve been working in the climate justice field for a while are aware of the emotional toll it can take. They want to be there for this new generation of activists and push them to pursue outlets, other than just advocacy, to process their anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11900708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11900708\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-800x533.jpg\" alt='A march with several people wearing masks and holding signs that read \"Youth are Watching\" and \"Climate Justice Now.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/11_6-COP-26-Youth-Protest-in-Berkeley-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of 350 Bay Area march on the UC Berkeley campus during the November global day of climate action on Nov. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Nik Evasco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s what inspired Yvonne Cuaresma to create her company, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theclimatejournalproject.com/\">Climate Journal Project\u003c/a>. She guides students in California from elementary school to college age on adopting a journaling practice to help them cope with their environmental anxiety and grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The climate crisis is such a big issue that’s not going to be solved overnight,” said Cuaresma. “Being able to find a safe space for that through journaling and through community has been extremely rewarding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuaresma was reminded of how writing can be used as a form of therapy when she moved back home to Glendale at the beginning of the pandemic. During this time of hopelessness, she dug out her old diaries and realized how others could benefit from a writing practice as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Planetary healing actually starts with internal healing, so we can only be the best advocates and leaders that we can be if we are really true and doing the work internally,” Cuaresma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s clear from youth activist Diana Michaelson’s experience that these internal reinforcements are important, because the responsibility she feels as an activist is continuing to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that over time, I’ve learned in becoming more educated about the climate crisis and energy sustainability, I’ve seen adults take us more seriously,” she said. “I’ve definitely also felt this change and this shift in view from little, innocent kids to young adults who are inheriting this Earth and who will become the leaders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Michaelson has been meeting with environmental lawyers who are helping her construct a resolution to present to her school district. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/11/un-cupon-del-50-de-descuento-para-una-herramienta-electrica-los-jardineros-dicen-que-el-subsidio-de-california-es-inadecuado/\">\u003cem>Leer en español.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1977168/the-sounds-of-silence-california-bans-new-gas-powered-leaf-blowers\">banning the sale of most new gas-powered tools by 2024\u003c/a>, gardeners and landscapers say a $30 million state subsidy isn’t nearly enough to help small operators make the switch to electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agency responsible for administering the subsidy estimates it has only enough to give each self-employed gardener a 50% coupon for one tool, far from the truckload of leaf blowers, lawn mowers, small chain saws, brush cutters and trimmers most haul around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1977168\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/10/RS52049_GettyImages-1346603572-qut-1020x695.jpg\"]In fact, local governments have learned they need to offer more. In Southern California, a regional air quality district that has been running a similar incentive program since 2017, saw few takers until it increased rebates to 75% per tool. The district paired that with an outreach program and encouraged landscapers to test electric equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board is still figuring out who will qualify for the rebate, and Assemblymember Marc Berman, one of the authors of the bill, said he’s open to adding more funding if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s not make the perfect be the enemy of the good,” said the Menlo Park Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists hailed the first-in-the-nation law for advancing California’s clean energy goals, noting the state estimates that smog-forming pollution from small gas-powered engines will surpass emissions from passenger cars this year. But electrifying the landscaping industry creates financial and physical burdens for the estimated 60,000 one-person and often unlicensed landscaping operations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes373011.htm\">an industry that sees an average income under $40,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897482\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11897482 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-03.jpg\" alt=\"A chain saw lies on the ground, next to a red gasoline tank.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-03.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-03-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A chain saw and gas can on the ground during fire mitigation work at a property along Via Floreado in Orinda on Nov. 16, 2021. Ken’s Rototilling and Landscaping owns around 50 gas-powered tools that could be affected by a state ban on new small gas motors. \u003ccite>(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s an argument for subsidizing the transition. An electric leaf blower and batteries cost nearly twice as much as a comparable gas version. California estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2021/sore21/isor.pdf#page=22\">a full transition of nearly 3 million tools used by landscaping professionals will cost $1.29 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan, a landscaper who asked to be identified by his first name only because he fears losing business, uses a mix of electric and gas equipment. The electric ones fall short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have 10 to 15 houses a day right now, but with electric [tools], I may do seven or five houses a day,” he said. That’s a loss of $1,000 a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, Bryan has told his kid he can’t afford books or a new laptop. The cost of a full conversion by purchasing all electric tools, he said, would require him to raise prices 30%. He fears his residential clients will purchase their own tools and do it themselves, pushing him out of a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the bill was signed, Berman and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego called it a win for both the environment and human health. Electric tools have already been widely adopted by California homeowners, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/3.24.21%20Workshop%20Staff%20Presentation.pdf\">but only a fraction of commercial landscaping companies have made the switch, according to a 2018 survey by the air resources board\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1977672\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52246_029_SanFrancisco_YouthClimateStrike_10292021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]At that time, 8 in 10 landscapers said they planned on buying gas-powered equipment with many prioritizing performance, run time and cost. But operating a gas-powered leaf blower for one hour, for example, emits the same amount of pollution as driving a Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver, according to the air board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawn equipment conversion will bring the rest of the state in line with cities such as Palo Alto, Los Altos and Menlo Park, which have already banned noisy leaf blowers. The law also directs the air resources board to come up with statewide regulations for other small motor equipment, such as golf carts, small generators and power washers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the landscaping industry, the main target of the ban, says the transition has already been costly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steven Wood purchased four batteries for his electric leaf blower after a number of communities in the Bay Area banned gas-powered leaf blowers. Woods, who owns a small landscaping business, immediately noticed the batteries don’t go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never spent $200 on something that lasted 45 minutes,” Wood said, “and it doesn’t last for six to eight houses a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the batteries drain, Wood’s two employees resort to raking, which takes three times as long to complete a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tests back him up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer Reports rated gas and electric tools, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/lawn-mowers-and-tractors/ego-electric-mower-vs-honda-gas-mower-face-off-a6853992124/\">lawn mowers\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/leaf-blowers/buying-guide/index.htm\">leaf blowers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/leaf-blowers/buying-guide/index.htm\">string trimmers\u003c/a>, side by side. The nonprofit consumer organization found that battery-powered tools, with low maintenance and ease of use, were strong candidates for homeowners with less than an acre of land who could wait to recharge their batteries. But when it came to larger plots, more robust weeds to whack, or long hours of use, gas tools excelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an industry, we want this [battery-powered] equipment to be able to handle what we throw at it,” said Sandra Giarde, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association. “But it’s not there yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897483\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897483\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A man holds up a chainsaw in the outdoors and looks up at the canopy.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/111621-Gas-Lawn-Ban-CAD-CM-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jorge Mijango of Ken’s Rototilling and Landscaping uses a chain saw to cut trees for fire mitigation at a property along Via Floreado in Orinda on Nov. 16, 2021. The landscaping company owns around 50 gas-powered tools that could be affected by a state ban on new small gas motors. \u003ccite>(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The air resources board said the technology is close enough. While electric tools may not have the same power, they offer other benefits, such as longer life span, better torque for some tools and savings on gas and maintenance, said air pollution specialist Christopher Dilbeck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize that, yes, there will be substantial costs associated with what we are proposing,” said Dilbeck. “That is part of why this funding is available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='climate']The board, which will allocate the state’s $30 million subsidy, has yet to release how it will hand out incentives other than saying it will target small operators, including those without a business license. In one scenario, California could offer 12,000 small landscapers a 50% discount on all their new tools, or every sole proprietor could receive a 50% discount on one tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are not going to be able to get the jobs done as fast,” said Ken Tamplen, owner of Ken’s Rototilling and Landscaping in Contra Costa County. “You’re not going to be able to make as much money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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