A rusty patched bumble bee is seen during a bee survey near the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Jill Utrup / While many know Chicago as the "Second City," the old stomping grounds of Michael Jordan or Al Capone, or perhaps even still as "Hog Butcher to the World," I doubt many think of it as a home for endangered wildlife. However, as a recent Chicago Tribune article shows, that’s exactly what it is for one of our very favorite endangered pollinators—the rusty patched bumble bee. For the better part of a decade, NRDC has fought for the rusty patched bumble bee’s survival, and we are now suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the fourth time —this time, to reverse a Trump-Era decision not to designate federally protected "critical habitat" for the bee. That’s why it was particularly sweet to learn that a couple of rusty patched bumble bees were spotted foraging near the Rogers Park Metra stop, not far from the Honeybear Cafe and some of my old foraging grounds growing up. "Rogers Park Metra Community Garden" by LN is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Although the article provides a fun "work meets life" moment for me, […]
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