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Policy Initiatives to Consider/Support (Josh) <br />The Louisville City Council will consider a dark night sky lighting ordinance for residential <br />properties later this year. Dark night skies are important for nocturnal pollinators. We could <br />think about advocating for this ordinance. <br />No Mow May is an international effort to convince people not to mow their lawns during May <br />so that pollinators can make use of all of the flowers that bloom in the spring. We could <br />publicize this effort, and we could ask the City to adopt this policy. <br />Louisville City Council will also be considering a ban on gasoline -powered landscaping <br />equipment later this year. Studies have shown that air pollution from such equipment negatively <br />impacts insects and mowing and blowing negatively impacts insects and their habitats. We <br />could think about advocating for this ordinance. <br />The golf course is the only City property where glyphosate and certain other pesticides are <br />permitted. There are a handful of so-called organic golf courses across the world. We could push <br />our golf course towards organic practices including the inclusion of native, pollinator -friendly <br />plantings along the course's edges. <br />