#Montana - #PollinatorCorridors are the next big thing in urban and suburban #gardening

Mandy Applegate Jul 24, 2025

"#Pollinator corridors are quickly becoming the next big focus in urban and suburban gardening, with more than 22% of native pollinators in North America facing serious threats to survival. As concerns grow, these pollinator corridors offer a practical solution by linking private gardens, parks and roadside green spaces into a continuous habitat. Without focused intervention, the steady decline of pollinators could fracture the ecological links that support food production, wildlife health and #ecosystem resilience.

"A network of #NativePlants

"Pollinator corridors are strips of pesticide-free native plants that give wildlife room to move and thrive in built environments. These stretches serve as travel routes where bees, butterflies and other pollinators can consistently access food, shelter and nesting areas. They also let residents reconnect with #nature while building attractive, water-wise gardens suited to their local climate.

"Local programs are expanding efforts to help residents support pollinators in their neighborhoods. By offering planting guides, hands-on workshops and access to native species, organizers are making it easier for people to turn yards, balconies and curbside strips into productive habitats.

"These corridors play a key role in reducing #HabitatFragmentation, which poses a major threat to pollinators. Instead of relying on scattered gardens, pollinators can follow a connected trail of habitat through neighborhoods, parks and roadside spaces. The result is a more livable landscape for #wildlife and a stronger sense of community #stewardship."

Read more:
https://www.montanarightnow.com/national_news/pollinator-corridors-are-the-next-big-thing-in-urban-and-suburban-gardening/article_bc1b8c70-df36-59e0-b00f-92d48da2d7fe.html

#UrbanGardening #SuburbanGardening #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForButterflies #SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenSpace

🎉 🎉 🎉 🐜 🐜 🐜 Genetic and phenotypic responses to #HabitatFragmentation in a European #HarvesterAnt

https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12853

#ConservationGenetics #MessorStructor #FluctuatingAsymmetry #GyneSize #HabitatIsland #Inbreeding #Outbreeding

Tunnels aim to encourage British #snakes to mix and breed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/adder-girl-tunnels-aim-to-encourage-british-snakes-to-mix-and-breed

"The tunnels opened for snakes this spring after radio-tagging studies showed two #adder populations on the commons were not mixing because of the road. The populations need to meet each other to breed and boost their genetic diversity... #Britain’s only #venomous snake has vanished from central #England over the last decade because of persecution, #HabitatFragmentation and non-native #pheasants predation"

Koalas and wildlife running the gauntlet on Hogbin Drive?

Hogbin Drive leads through coastal bush and wetland near Coffs Harbour airport and has been a wildlife squasher for a long time. Now that the 'fauna exclusion fence" is almost complete, motorists can speed without 'obstacles' getting in their way. The three kilometres of fencing was meant to prevent the killing of five koalas per year and many injured wildlife.

"It was a tragedy to see a dead koala on Hogbin Drive on Sunday, April 28th just north of the airport roundabout especially after fencing was put up on either side of the road. All that money spent by the council just to create a gauntlet that koalas cant get out of once they have scaled the fencing."

The other day, part of the not yet completed fence was destroyed by a vehicle. Today a large wallaby was trapped and killed on the inside of the road. The gene flow of local biodiversity is now even more restricted than before, but the free flow of traffic is an absolute priority.
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Making things safer for Coffs Harbour koalas on the go
https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Your-Council/Newsroom/Making-things-safer-for-Coffs-Harbour-koalas-on-the-go

City of Coffs Harbour, Koala Register, where people can track and record local sightings. (of roadkill?)
https://haveyoursay.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Koala-Register
#koalas #wildlife #roads #HabitatFragmentation #fences #cars #crashes #roadkill #fatalities #airport #GeneFlow #MobilityDesign #NSWKoalaStrategy

The unseen impact of the country's relentless urban sprawl on the native wildlife population. The displacement of biodiversity with wo/men and their dogs

“The wildlife is suffering ..., the kangaroos haven't got anywhere to go. They can’t go back to where they came from because it’s just houses now."

"While developments are financially lucrative for both construction companies and the local council, residents (wildlife carers) say they’ve been left to clean up the mess with little help."

https://au.news.yahoo.com/dangerous-problem-sparked-by-citys-continuous-urban-sprawl-043435218.html
#monoculture #sprawl #roads #cars #roadkill #WildlifeCarer #council #wildlife landlocked #HabitatFragmentation #biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis

And then the koalas just vanished...
Speeding cars, road designs, roaming dogs and disease are the biggest koala killers.
Logging and sprawl should also be added to the list of extinction makers

"A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South East Queensland koala population"
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"In the five years between 2009 and 2014, 52% of reported wild koala deaths were caused by car strike, 34% were from a chlamydia-related disease and 14% were because of a dog attack.

"This equates to 1,431 koala deaths from a car strike, 943 chlamydia-related deaths, and 395 dog attack deaths in just five years."

"Remember that these deaths were just the reported cases, so the real numbers would be significantly higher."
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-cars-chlamydia-canines-biggest-koala.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w
Ravi Bandara Dissanayake et al, Anthropogenic and environmental factors associated with koala deaths due to dog attacks and vehicle collisions in South-East Queensland, Australia, 2009–2013, Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40827-w
#dogs #pets #dogAttacks #Mauling #cars #speeding #roads #RoadDesign #HabitatFragmentation #koalas #wildlife #IndustrialLogging #Bellingen #ThreatenedSpecies #IntroducedSpecies #sprawl #biodiversity #conservation #extinction makers

This @TheWarOnCars episode was hugely mind expanding, and well worth your time:

https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars/110735155005451905

#Traffication
#HabitatFragmentation