Today is the day to Save the SEED Act ☎️ + Pollinator News & Events
- Feb 26
- 3 min read
Hi there, changemakers.
The "Strengthening Economic and Environmental Decisions" (SEED) Act—SB26-065—needs your help today. The CO Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee will vote this Thursday (2/26) on whether to kill the bill in Committee or send it on for a full debate on the Senate floor.
Now is the time to call the members of the 'Ag Committee' and tell them why you want them to advance SB26-065 (sponsored by Senators Wallace and Kipp and Representatives Brown and Velasco). This bill would protect Colorado farmers and pollinators, which is why so many have already joined the coalition for The Seed We Need. Will you make that quick call today?
Thank you for taking action today!
~ Joyce & the PPAN Team
2026 Native Plants Bill
A policy every plant person can love!
Sponsored by Representative Froelich and Senator Kipp, HB26-1132 carries forth recommendations from the Colorado Native Pollinating Insect Study to increase native plant habitat grown on state lands and help grow the native seed stock and native plant propagation industries throughout Colorado to make more native plants available to everyone for habitat gardens and restoration work. In our fire and flood-prone state, increasing the availability and use of native plant stock is a no-brainer for pollinators, birds, bats, and so many other species.
What We're Watching
PPAN was honored to participate in this year's Colorado Environmental Film Festival, speaking to the audience about the new film Bee:Wild by the makers of Common Ground.
Now through March 1st, you can watch most of the films online. Use our discount code PARTNER26 for 10% off. On the topic of pollinators, we recommend The Little Things That Run the World, and there are 50 other films to enjoy as well!
What We're Reading
Cracking the Conservation Conundrum: Addressing Americans’ Addiction to Glyphosate is a wonderful account by United Plant Savers of why their commitment to maintaining a pesticide-free botanical sanctuary is unwavering, and the paradigm shift we need around invasive species management.
Love Them to Death: Turning Invasive Plants Into Local Economic Opportunities is a just-released anthology that explores ways to skip herbicides and instead regard non-native plants as valuable resources such as food, medicine, livestock forage, biofuels, paper, and more!
"An extraordinary guide to wonder and belonging," — I haven't been this happy since I was reading Braiding Sweetgrass! "Written with a gloriously poetic sensibility, Rooted feels like a literary love child of Rachel Carson and Mary Oliver."
Thank You to Our February Featured Partner!
Upcoming Opportunities to Connect and Learn
February 23-March 1 — Colorado Environmental Film Festival online encore streaming for one week only! Use our discount code PARTNER26 for 10% off 51 powerful environmental films, including several about invertebrates, bats, and more!
February 25 — Inside the Colorado Legislature: Pollinator Protection in the 2026 Session. Join us on February 25th at 12pm via Zoom for an overview of the 2026 legislative session and what’s at stake this year for pollinators, wildlife, and native plants.
February 26-28 — Best Practices for Pollinators Online Summit with the Pollinator Friendly Alliance.
February 28 — Please come say hello at the PPAN table at the Landscaping With Colorado Native Plants Conference
March 6-7 — Come say hello at the PPAN booth at the Salida AgriSummit and the 2nd Annual Grain Summit in Salida to connect with Chaffee County gardeners and Colorado grain farmers who are restoring both pollinator habitat and heritage grains.
March 12 — SoCo (greater Pueblo & Colorado Springs areas): we'd love to have you at the second (online) meeting of this new and exciting local PPAN chapter! Register here: https://forms.gle/Q9tnbLzFJgsxG54b7.
Save the Dates!
June 26 — Big Day of Bugs at Denver Botanic Gardens
September 19 — PPAN's 10th Annual Bumble Bee Bash at Old Elm Farm! 🐝
Your Gift is Golden!
Your care and generosity are what make all of this work possible! Thank you for bringing pollen and nectar back to the hive through your actions, your gardens, and your donations! DONATE NOW!
Multiply your impact by repping' pollinators on the road! Every license plate gift goes directly into our statewide Habitat Grants fund.
