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class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>May is a time when flowers start blooming in abundance on roadsides and these areas can look gorgeous -- or really sad, because May is also the time when many transportation agencies and landowners begin mowing or spraying roadside vegetation. Safety is the principal concern, and roadsides must be managed to maintain visibility and reduce fire hazards. But roadsides are too important to be neglected in pollinator conservation. Occupying more than 10-million acres of land in the United States, they provide corridors between remnant habitat patches, and in some areas, may be the only semi-natural habitat remaining.<br><br>Transportation agencies in some states are already doing great work to limit mowing to a narrow strip immediately adjacent to the road edge -- where safety is critical -- and to replant or protect native wildflowers further away from the roadside. Those efforts are paying off. <br><br>Working in Kansas, the Xerces Society's Jennifer Hopwood found bees to be twice as abundant on roadsides supporting native plants compared with those dominated by nonnative grass and flowers; native roadsides also supported about 35% more bee species. <br><br>Similarly, researchers in Iowa compared butterflies on native prairie roadsides with those on weedy roadsides. This work showed that sensitive species such as the regal fritillary were significantly more common in prairie roadsides. <br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Put Your Mower Away</span></strong> <br>Whether you are a rural landowner with a mile of roadside frontage, or a city dweller with a 10 foot-long parking strip, you can have a direct impact on protecting and providing roadside habitat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Mow higher and less often to allow small wildflowers and clover to bloom. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Consider replacing areas of turf grass with wildflowers.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>You can also remove the pavement itself -- at least in parking lots and driveways. Check out the website of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001zlDYiMaPS_fSCM0rB5AOtTDg0tFPZ6e6-WO35eV3m1hnXCWwYN0BbWPF1ARw_uPPdVsiBekZurELeIgLn8thPbZCyIIevNvVFve6kRVk6CQ=" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#E67803;text-decoration:none'>Depave</span></b></a> for inspiration and ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Start a Dialogue with Your Local Transportation Agencies</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <br>You can make a difference in your own community by starting a dialogue with state and local transportation agencies. If they aren't already familiar with it, introduce your local roadside managers to the concept of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001zlDYiMaPS_dg_6ddeyzHaoeoPmFMSL32qsg6OwHRSNYrd9xYkUZT80N3IfxzYKM990k09qC2mZe1p7t0b4qIinOscA1JYW-Z_tBC0YcrxuYaRDSsaIvzEQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#E67803;text-decoration:none'>Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management</span></b></a>.<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Learn More</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Xerces Society's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001zlDYiMaPS_cb4VyWrCSWTsavsW1r7UyIIMsFx8q-eNFOBiIx-v4-kA7sBzgA4rp5Rt0JhItYENnIdUAmO2kS0haI1ojuyVmufUq_efYmu73u3Rnwo8GbL7y6fzFrAkL5HMeri4lkQi4zOFAHcUCrOz1Xr17WsiLKISyTJniZDhM=" target="_blank"><b><i><span style='color:#E67803;text-decoration:none'>Pollinators and Roadsides</span></i></b></a> guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Federal Highway Administration's free online book, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001zlDYiMaPS_cTT7ytrclZ-4ZHyqL9jShPzlrgU9trlCOxoibc9fALvtYS6ng7LjoBWlonG0mUiVxY2DHb9HsHj6jO9SGY0zuqt6aYBxfd4EZrpFVm3UxYzXXhWbJb462PkhTiUvjTjzQVmT-kYv7IIsauUeyXjPeE0MTRGGhI37kcFGAGXqavXQ==" target="_blank"><b><i><span style='color:#E67803;text-decoration:none'>Roadside Use of Native Plants</span></i></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources offers a number of informational resources 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