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Zaagkii Project: KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators
 
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Added: 04-01-2009
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Marquette Michigan Keweenaw Bay Indian Community youth and Northern Michigan teens are continuing their mission to protect pollinators during 2009 by helping butterflies and restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula The best known pollinators are bees like honey bees and bumble bees Billions of these bees are dying across the world in a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder Bees are disappearing and it is not clear why although human impact on the environment are among the suspected causes like pesticides and global warming A world without bees would mean world without food as was dramatically pointed out in the Jerry Seinfield 2007 comedy named the Bee Movie Bees go on strike causing plants across the world die and that means no food no flowers no trees and the death of civilization After bees the next best pollinators are butterflies Marquette Michigan area teens and Native American youth spent the summer of 2008 building butterfly houses that are longer and slimmer than birdhouses and are lined with bark Teens participating in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Summer Youth Program built and painted the houses at the tribal Natural Resource Department along Lake Superior Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resource Department Director Todd Warner said the Zaagkii Project is a good way for youth to become aware of their connection to natural resources and nature The butterfly houses offer protection to butterflies that can enter thru tiny slits Butterfly houses also offer rest to migrating monarchs and can be used for reproduction Marquette teens have planted or distributed 26000 native plant including at the Hiawatha National Forest greenhouse in Marquette In the spring of 2009 some of the plants will be planted at several areas across northern Michigan including at Sand Point a beach that the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been repairing from the effects of copper mining About 100 years ago the mine dumped copper processing waste into Lake Superior polluting miles of shoreline Keweenaw Bay Indian Community capped the pollution and the native plants will be used to attract wildlife and restore the ecosystem The Zaagkii Project was founded by the non profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette that has sponsored numerous environment projects The Zaagkii Project is sponsored by the Cedar Tree Institute Marquette County Juvenile Court The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the United States Forest Service Future videos will include a look at a bee farm in Marquette County that fascinated Zaagkii Project teens Contributors include The Marquette Community Foundation The Negaunee Community Fund The Negaunee Community Youth Fund The M E Davenport Foundation The Kaufman Foundation The Phyllis and Max Reynolds Foundation The Upper Peninsula Childrens Museum and The Borealis Seed Company
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Tags: Keweenaw  Bay  Indian  Community  KBIC  tribal  youth  teenagers  environment  bees  butterflies  honeybees  pollinators  butterfly 

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