Pollinator Habitat Restoration for DoD Land Managers

Factsheets

Technical Reports

Conserving Natural &Cultural Resources on DoD Lands; Case Studies from the DoD Conservation Program (DoD Legacy Resource Management Program)

Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (Congressional Research Service)

Native Pollinators & Native Plant Demonstration Project (Dyess Air Force Base)

Risk Governance of Pollination Services (International Risk Governance Council)

Status of Pollinators in North America (The National Academies)

Useful Articles

Bee Pastures May Help Pollinators Prosper (Science Daily)

Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery (New York Times)

Pollination and Restoration (Science Magazine)

Pollinator Conservation: Roadsides (The Xerces Society)

Protecting Pollinators (Explorer News)

The Alluring and Alien Sights of a Bee in Ultra Close-up (Discover Magazine)

Insects that are Beneficial to Your Garden (Garden Forever)

PowerPoint Templates

Habitat Restoration to Benefit Pollinators (Mary Anderson)

Pocket Guides to Identifying.... (The Xerces Society)

The Western Bumble Bee (Bombus Occidentilis)

The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus Affinis)

The Yellowbanded Bumble Bee (Bombus Terricola)

WebCasts

PollinatorLIVE: A Distant Learning Adventure

USGS CoreCast: Bees Are Not Optional

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services: Endangered Species Program: Endangered Species Day at the U.S. Botanic Gardens

Websites

Government Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency: Pollinator Protection (http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/pollinator-protection.html)

National Biological Information Infrastructure: Pollinators (pollinators.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54280500)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Pollinators (http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/)

U.S. Forest Service: Celebrating Wildflowers (www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/index.shtml)

Colleges/Universities

Michigan State University: Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants (nativeplants.msu.edu)

Urban Bee Gardens (nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/index.html)

USDA National Agroforestry Center (www.unl.edu/nac/agroforestrynotes.htm)

Non-Governmental Organizations

Bat Conservation and Management (www.batmanagement.com/)

Bat Conservation International (www.batcon.org/)

Journal of Pollination Ecology (http://www.pollinationecology.org/)

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (www.wildflower.org)

National Wildlife Federation: Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat (www.nwf.org/backyard)

North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (www.nappc.org)

Pollinator Conservation Digital Library (pollinatorlibrary.org)

Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org)

SaveNature.Org (www.savenature.org/content/nature_academy/guides)

The National Academy of Sciences: Status of Pollinators in North America (www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11761#toc)

Wildlife Habitat Council (www.wildlifehc.org/pollinatorpractices/index.cfm)

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (www.xerces.org)

Photographs used on this website courtesy of:

Mary Anderson, Peter Boice, USFWS, and Xerces Society.