Presented By: Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago; Laura Fox, Argonne National Lab; James McCall, National Renewable Energy Lab; Tristan Barley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lee Walston, Argonne National Lab; Ben Campbell, University of Illinois Chicago; Jordan Martin, National Renewable Energy Lab
Habitat Design
Pollinator Habitat Establishment & Management Guide
This habitat guide, developed by the Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund, outlines the steps that go into planning, preparing, planting, and maintaining great pollinator habitat.
EPRI: Overview of Pollinator-Friendly Solar Energy
This Technical Brief provides a summary of the key considerations related to “pollinator-friendly solar,” including: site design, construction and maintenance; procurement of pollinator-friendly solar; and the business case. Sidebars cover honey bees on solar fields, brown fields to bright fields, and several specific power company case studies.
North Carolina Technical Guidance for Native Plantings on Solar Sites
This technical guide developed by North Carolina Pollinator Conservation Alliance highlights healthy pollinator communities , solar farm site preparation and planting guidelines and the benefits of pollinator conservation activities.
Roadsides – A Guide to Creating a Pollinator Patch
This guideline published by Ontario Horticultural Association aims to create pollinator-habitat patches in Ontario – along roads, in unused public spaces and in home gardens. The goals of the project are three-fold: to provide habitat for our native pollinators; to reintroduce native Ontario plants; and to beautify the province
Native Seed Network
This website provides search tools and information on all aspects of native seed. It includes a database for searching the availability of native seeds to purchase from seed vendors. Also includes a vendor search.
Pollinator-Friendly Plant Lists
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation developed regional native plant lists recommended to attract pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. They are well-suited for small-scale plantings in gardens, on business and school campuses, in urban greenspaces, and in farm field borders.
Ecoregional Planting Guides
Pollinator Partnership developed 24 ecoregional planting guides for pollinators, each tailored to specific areas of the United States and Canada. You can search your ecoregion by zip code on their website.
Vegetation Management: An Ecoregional Approach
Highway rights-of-way are the most visible of all public lands and likely the least understood. This manual is especially written for those decision-makers in maintenance, landscape, environmental services, and turf and erosion control to share what we know about managing this land.
Xerces Seed Mix Calculator
Develop a custom region-specific conservation seed mix for pollinator and beneficial insect habitat using this seed rate calculator in combination with the Xerces Pollinator Habitat Installation Guide and the Xerces Pollinator Plant List applicable to your region.