The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

As honeybee colonies collapse across the world at an alarming rate, northern Michigan youth are protecting pollinators in an effort to offset the loss of billions of bees by providing habitat to butterflies.
The four-year Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project was founded in the summer of 2008 by Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan.
Marquette area teens and youth from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community are building dozens of butterfly houses that offer protection and breeding opportunities.
The youth have also planted over 26,000 native plants that are vital for all pollinators to thrive.
The U.S. Forest Service has called the project a "success story."

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Please vote for EarthKeeper/Zaagkii Projects through August 30, 2009: Finalist in “Friends of Elsie” contest

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The EarthKeepers:

The interfaith EarthKeepers planted twelve thousand (12,000) trees across northern Michigan for Earth Day 2009 thanks to over 100 churches/temples from 12 religions.

During past Earth Day projects, the EarthKeepers have recycled or properly disposed over nearly 400 tons of waste including cellphones, computers (and related equipment), printers, car batteries, poisons, pesticides, oil-based paint, pharmaceuticals and much more.

The Zaagkii Project:

Jan Schultz of the U.S. Forest Service discusses Zaagkii Project with Native American college student.

This summer Native American youth and at-risk teens are repairing the ecosystem along a Lake Superior beach, built dozens of Mason Bee houses including some to be placed at the U.S. National Gardens in D.C., Native American teens this month are helping build a greenhouse for native species plants on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation.

Last summer the teens built dozens of butterfly houses for migrating Monarchs.

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