Transcript Habitat Restoration to Benefit Pollinators (Mary Anderson)

Habitat Restoration
to Benefit Pollinators
[Insert your installation name/logo
and POC information]
Pollinators on
Military Lands
Questions you are likely to hear:
•What is the problem?
•Why should I care?
•What is the impact to the
mission?
•What is it going to cost me to
protect pollinators?
•Where is this going to
happen on base/post/station?
•Who really benefits from
protecting pollinators /
providing habitat for
pollinators?
Pollinators are in trouble!
Why should I care?
Fewer Pollinators
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Less pollination of flowers
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•REDUCED production of fruits and
vegetables
•FAILURE of native plant communities
and habitat restoration projects
•LIMITED survival of endangered
plants and animals.
Plant pollination by insects is essential to human health, global food webs, and
protection of biodiversity. Pollination is a globally important ecosystem service.
Land management benefits pollinators
There should be no change or minimal change
to current land management techniques:
•Prescribed Fire
•Pesticide Treatments
•Grazing
•Mowing
•Mission Demands
•Native Habitats / Refugia
Land management benefits pollinators
at [installation name]
•Include information on three or four current land management practices at
your installation that benefit pollinators, or insert specific information into
previous slide.
Creating habitat for pollinators
•Plant Native species that have
varying bloom periods.
•Provide access to water and
nesting sites.
•Control or Remove Invasive
species
•Limit use of pesticides/ chemicals
Urban Gardens can provide
both nectar plants and rearing
areas.
How can installations provide habitat for pollinators?
Combining nesting
sites with foraging
areas creates good
native bee habitat.
•Incorporate pollinators into
INRMPs
•Maintain bare soil areas away
from main base
•Monitor for pollinator species
•Create corridors between
pollinator habitats and minimize
fragmentation.
EDUCATE base and housing
personnel
Pollinator Habitat Restoration
at [installation name]
• Insert specific suggestions and needs for your Commander here
• Include the resources that will be required and specific actions needed by
the Commander
Benefits to the Mission
• How will the implementation of your suggestions benefit your installations
mission?
For more information on pollinators…
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North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (www.nappc.org)
Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org)
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (www.xerces.org)
U.S. Forest Service: Celebrating Wildflowers (www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/index.shtml)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (www.fws.gov/Pollinators)
United States Department of Agriculture
(www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54280500)
USDA National Agroforestry Center (www.unl.edu/nac/agroforestrynotes.htm)
National Biological Information Infrastructure: Pollinators (pollinators.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt)
National Wildlife Federation: Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat (www.nwf.org/backyard)
Wildlife Habitat Council (www.wildlifehc.org/pollinatorpractices/index.cfm)
The Green Book: Environmental Guidebook for Military Golf Courses
(www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/environment/NR/conservation/PlanningToolsHandbooks
Guidelines/TheGreenBook)
Pollinator Conservation Digital Library (pollinatorlibrary.org)
Michigan State University: Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants (nativeplants.msu.edu)
Urban Bee Gardens (nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/index.html)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (www.wildflower.org)
Local Botanical gardens, Native Plant Societies, garden clubs
Thank you.
Questions?
Insert your contact information here.