Join in the 2025 Great Southeast Pollinator Census and Make a 15 Minute Difference

BRUNSWICK, GA (July 30, 2025) – Join the National Agriculture Extension Services and volunteers from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina August 22-23 in the 2025 Great Southeast Pollinator Census! A University of Georgia citizen science project, the Great Southeast Pollinator census is designed for any age to participate and make a difference for pollinator conservation.

AUGUST 22

• Glynn County UGA Cooperative Extension Office garden, 8AM-8PM (located at 325 Old Jesup Road (BWK), to the right of the Ballard Complex) (self-guided counting)

• Jekyll Island Horton Pond wildlife viewing area, 9AM-11AM (Beachview Dr, across from Villas by the Sea main entrance)

• UGA Marine Extension & Georgia Sea Grant garden, 9AM-11AM (located at 715 Bay Street (BWK), park in front and enter garden from the left

AUGUST 22 & 23

• Demere Park Pollinator Garden (SSI), 9AM-11AM & 4:30PM-6:30PM

• Frederica Park Pollinator Garden (SSI), 9AM--2PM

AUGUST 23

• Hannah's Butterfly Garden/Cassina Garden Club, (SSI),  9AM-NOON Gascoigne Park next to Epworth

ON YOUR OWN EITHER DAY - find a Golden Isles area location of your own, even your own backyard!

“School groups, gardeners, families, businesses and individuals are encouraged to participate and only basic insect identification in the following categories is needed: bumble bees; carpenter bees; honeybees; small bees; wasps; flies; butterflies/moths; other insects,” said Georgia Certified Pollinator Steward Nancy Neylans.  “A 2025 Insect Counting and Identification Guide is available online to provide more insect identification guidance.”

Census counts last just 15 minutes and concentrate on a single plant/bush portion that shows insect activity, and as many census counts can be completed as desired. Every insect flower landing/visit is counted, regardless of whether it’s been there before. Researchers, college educators, K-12 educators, city planners, businesses, gardeners and others use the collected census data for research, journal articles, teaching, conservation efforts and planning.

“We are excited to join in this effort and we encourage our volunteers to spend 15 minutes making a difference by counting pollinator visits and contributing to this important census data,” said Keep Golden Isles Beautiful executive director Lea King-Badyna. “Those joining at one of the planned locations will also receive flower seeds to take home, while supplies last.”

Printable counting tally sheets can be downloaded from: https://gsepc.org/ and the corresponding online portal will be open on the site August 24 for data input/submission. For more information and/or to receive a counting tally sheet contact Keep Golden Isles Beautiful: KGIB.ORG / info.kbgib@gmail.com / 912-2791490.

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