Should cities require “No Mow May”?

There’s a lot of buzz about letting your lawn grow wild to help pollinators.

When flowers, trees, plants, and grasses sprout in spring, it’s a busy time for bees and other pollinators looking for food and a place to live. But spring also brings out lawnmowers, leaf blowers, and hedge trimmers, which aren’t great for our pollinating friends. A movement called No Mow May asks people to stop cutting and trimming their lawns for the month of May so flowering plants can flourish and give pollinators a spot to rest their wings. These helpful creatures have a big job to do, and we rely on them to do it. Some people, though, don’t want to let their lawns go wild. What do you think? Should cities require No Mow May? Yes—consider the bees’ needs What’s a few weeks of not mowing your lawn? It’s…

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