The native pollinator species many plants depend on have been on the decline for decades, largely due to pesticide use and loss of habitat.
The grants will reimburse homeowners, businesses and nonprofits to grow that habitat by helping them put native plants in the ground, including sunflowers, milkweed and goldenrod.
Bees and butterflies are the first pollinators that jump to many people’s minds. But Oklahoma pollinators also include beetles, flies, moths, wasps and hummingbirds…