Oshkosh residents won t have to take out their lawn mowers until June this year.
The Oshkosh Common Council voted 5-2 on Wednesday to approve No Mow May, a resolution letting residents stop lawn maintenance until June to promote pollinator species and their habits.
During May the city won t enforce the requirement for property owners to cut grass over eight inches, or give fines to violators of up to $500. Think about it not like a month of sitting on your bums and watching the grass grow, but rather think about it as a month to be proactive about bee and pollinator conservation. Get those native plants out there, said Israel Del Tora, an assistant professor at Lawrence University, who spoke during public comment.