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Appreciation of Nature

6/29/2021

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Action of the Month for July:

Take at least 10 minutes daily this month to spend time with nature in order to appreciate God's creation and delight your soul. Examples of ways include:
  • garden
  • walk the dog
  • sit outside
  • visit a park
  • watch and listen to birds
  • observe bees pollenating
  • ​watch butterflies in flight
  • gaze at the mountains
  • visit the MSU Duck Pond
  • listen to a stream, creek, or river
  • walk a trail (and leave no trace)
  • camp (and leave no trace)
  • enjoy a sunset
  • head to a Farmer's Market
  • attend the Fair and see the animals
  • view the stars
  • contemplate the clouds
  • photograph nature's splendor
  • watch a nature program
  • read a nature book
  • listen to sounds of nature online from Montana State University Library's Acoustic Atlas
    acousticatlas.org/index.php 
  • look for devotional materials that enrich love of nature
Advanced Action:
Convert part of your lawn to a pollinators garden to attract bees, birds, caterpillars, and butterflies. Watering a garden of native plants that attract these pollinators can require less water than watering a lawn. Avoiding using pesticides and herbicides for pollinator gardens. You can find tips on creating a Pollinator Garden space at the links that follow:

Jan Cashman's article Why Are Pollinators and Pollinator Plants So Important? 
Lolo National Forest's document Attracting Pollinators and Using Native Plants
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Monarch caterpillar
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Monarch chrysalis hanging from a milkweed leaf
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Monarch butterfly
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