"Improve Your Impact" Series

During Earth Week 2021, each day featured a short video and resources for how to improve the way we impact this Earth. 

april 19th: Living with urban wildlife

• Click Here for our Intro video
• Loads of information and ideas from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• How to Bear Aware with ideas from Revelstoke Bear Awareness Campaign
• Wildlife Conflict Resolution resources from HumanePro
• Don't Feed the Wildlife resources from USDA APHIS
• For kids: Have your kids draw a solution to a common human-wildlife conflict. This could be wildlife crossing ideas, food storage when camping, any number of issues. 

april 20th: methods to reduce stormwater runoff

View on Tuesday

• Click Here for the video
• What is Stormwater and How does it affect rivers? from AmericanRivers.org
• What is Green Infrastructure? EPA guide
• More about Rain Gardens from the EPA
• NRDC Green Infrastructure and Stormwater
• Learn more about Red Lodge's Catch the Rain Campaign
• Does Glomalin Hold Your Farm Together? How this glue-like substance is important for soil health. 
• More on Lawn to Meadow conversions from AmericanMeadows.com
• For Kids: Stormwater Education from University of Nebraska-Lincoln

april 21st: support a local pollinator

View on Wednesday

• Click Here for the video
• Learn more about Red Lodge as a Bee City, USA affiliate
• Learn more about Montana bumblebees from the Montana Entomology Collection
• Download the Bumblebees of the Western U.S. Guide from the U.S. Forest Service
• Download the Montana Native Plants for Pollinators list from the NRCS
• Attracting Butterflies from the National Wildlife Federation
• Find other resources from the Pollinator Partnership
• For Kids: Bee Pollen Popular activity workbook from the NRCS (link at bottom of page)

april 22nd: at home energy and money-saving tips

• Click here for the video.
• The City's goal is to reduce emissions 50% by 2040. Read more about how we hope to get there in our Energy Conservation Plan.
• Take a look at our Energy Resources page for a Do It Yourself Energy Audit, Low-Income Energy Assistance, and more.
• More energy-saving ideas from Energy Star
• What is Biomimicry?
• How Fireflies Inspired Energy-Efficient LED's video from BBC Earth
• How the NanoStructure of Butterfly Wings Inspired a Better Way to Purify Air video by Biomimicry Institute
• For Youth Grades 6-12: Youth Design Challenge with the Biomimicry Institute
• For Youth Elementary Aged: Natural Designs Lesson Plan
• Sharing Biomimicry with Young People (K-12)

april 23rd: community science for everyone

• The Awesome Power of Citizen Science video
• Get involved in a community/citizen science event with the Red Lodge Area City Nature Challenge, April 30-May 9.
• Find a project on SciStarter
• From your backyard, to the galaxies, to the depths of the oceans, the possibilities are endless with projects on Zooniverse.org