Native Pollinator Habitat and Wildfire at home

Posted on: September 9th, 2026

What About the Native Habitat Around Our Homes? 

How useful is the native habitat around your home to native pollinators and other wildlife?
How can you tell? 
If you decide it could be more useful, what are some easy ways to do that which work for you and your family?  
 
And how do you do it within Wildfire Partners fire mitigation guidelines? 
 
Please join us for a presentation and discussion on this topic 
Sunday September 20 at 10 am at the Gold Hill Fire Barn
 
with Abby Silver and Pam Sherman, who have been working together on this and wrote the checklist Native Pollinator Habitat and Wildfire at home: how can you be prepared?
   and Dr. Paul Alaback, a national and local expert on this topic.
 
Also presenting will be experienced local residents who have done this at home  and are happy with the results. 
 
You do not have to be a gardener to come! Just a curious mountain resident. 
Bring your questions!  Tea and refreshments will be served. 
 
Brought to you by the Gold Hill Area Senior Alliance and the Native Plant & Ecology Committees of the Gold Hill Town Meeting 
 
Abby Silver, longtime mountain resident and Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist, was our mountain rep since Wildfire Partners began.
 
Pam Sherman, longtime Gold Hill resident, is a native habitat educator working with national nonprofits devoted to restoring native habitat for wildlife, starting with pollinators and kin.   
 
   Dr. Paul Alaback, ret. Prof. of Forestry, is an expert in this topic and a Wildfire Partners-certified mountain resident. 
 
Save the DateSunday September 20 at 10 am at the Fire Barn
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