This draft document prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior provides general information about practices and procedures to use when considering pollinator needs, particularly for project development and management on Federal lands.
Best Management Practices
Literature Review: Pollinator Habitat Enhancement and Best Management Practices in Highway Rights-of-Way
This literature review was prepared by ICF International and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. It represents a first step in an effort to provide practicable BMPs that FHWA can offer transportation agencies to develop pollinator programs in their jurisdictions and enhance these programs where they already exist.
Roadsides for Bees and Butterflies
The University of Northern Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center developed this pamphlet on bee and butterfly habitat along roadsides. The pamphlet addresses concerns with vehicle collisions, describes how Integrated Vegetation Management using native wildflowers and grasses can help pollinators, and provides additional resources for more information.
Chicago Wilderness: Native Landscape & Ecological Restoration Guide
Prepared by Chicago Wilderness’s Native Landscape & Restoration Contractor Selection Guide Working Group with the primary purpose of providing assistance to organizations in the selection and oversight of appropriate contractors and consultants for native landscaping and ecological restoration work.
NRCS Conservation Practice 422
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Delaware Conservation Practice Standard talks about the best management practices regarding Hedgerow planting
Monarch Conservation in America’s Cities
This manual written by the National Wildlife Federation offers case studies and shares innovative best practices that can be used by municipalities across the nation to conserve monarch butterflies.
Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed
This guideline developed by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation provides guidelines to establish pollinator meadows in small to large areas. Information on site selection, plant selection, site preparation, several planting techniques and ongoing management is made available
NRCS Conservation Practice 327
This article by Natural Resources Conservation Service provides Conservation Practice Standard for establishing and maintaining permanent vegetative cover.
The Conservation Foundation’s Pollinator Meadow Mix
The Conservation Foundation partnered with The Pizzo Group, Applied Ecological Services, and Cardno JFNew to develop this low profile meadow seed mix as a pollinator-friendly and cost-saving alternative to mowed turf grass.
National Pest Alert
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers prepared this alert for Palmer Amaranth, which has posed concerns with landowners related to wildflower and pollinator seed mixes.