This guide provides information on the percent cover of a plot or site and the associated risk levels.
Monitoring
Pollinator Scorecard User’s Guide
The user guide provides background information and protocols for using both components of the scorecard: (1) Pollinator Scorecard Management Module and (2) Pollinator Habitat Assessment Protocol.
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Protocol Tier 3
This scorecard is intended for advanced assessors who can identify most plants to species level.
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Protocol Tier 2
This scorecard is intended for use by most assessors, but some skill level is required to identify per cent plant cover, flowering plants in bloom, habitat resources, and manage threats and opportunities.
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Protocol Tier 1 West/South
This scorecard is intended for use by anyone, with minimal training or plant identification skills required. The scorecard delineates the required and optional biological effectiveness monitoring fields per the Monarch CCAA.
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Protocol Tier 1 Midwest/Northeast
This scorecard is intended for use by anyone, with minimal training or plant identification skills required. The scorecard delineates the required and optional biological effectiveness monitoring fields per the Monarch CCAA.
Research Roundtable: Advanced Monitoring Techniques for Habitat Management on Rights of Way – April 17, 2023
In the first webinar of this year’s Research Roundtable, this video provides an overview of advanced monitoring techniques, followed by specific research studies using eDNA and remote sensing.
Example Agreement for Contracting Monitoring Activities
This document is a Memorandum of Agreement between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which provides example contract language that Partners could use when working with contractors to conduct biological effectiveness monitoring for the CCAA.