Our friend Roz Schnick was featured in, "Strokes of Kindness" a book by Paul Mellor

...The river was in her backyard, and she wanted to protect it, including ways to eradicate the invasive Asian carp. What she didn’t want was to eradicate pollinators.Through her efforts, Roz began the initiative to help protect the pollinator biodiversity along the Mississippi River.

Across the street from her home was her cottage, dubbed, The Monarchy.The guest house

is a pollinator sanctuary. Surrounding the house were pollinator gardens.

In an interview with local television station WXOW, Roz says, “It’s all about having producers of food and flowers, …The monarch is at risk and that’s the queen of all pollinators, so it’s very simple to me, if we want to eat, we have to have pollinators.”

In September 2024, Roz Schnick received the Stewardship Award from the Mississippi River Parkway Commission for her efforts related to Operation Pollination. Her award proved how much of a Mississippi River ally she is in protecting our natural habitat...