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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Best Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a>Pollinators help maintain healthy rangelands for plants, wildlife, livestock, and the communities that rely on them. In turn, rangelands are essential to help maintain or recover pollinator populations. To help land managers incorporate pollinator-friendly practices into rangeland management, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation developed <a href="https://xerces.org/best-management-practices-for-pollinators-on-western-rangelands/"><i>Best Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands</i></a>. These guidelines were developed for managed rangelands that span the eleven western United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The best management practices were informed by a literature review and surveys and interviews with pollinator experts, ranchers, and land managers. Completed in June 2018, the BMPs provide actionable, practical recommendations that enable land managers to help conserve pollinators on rangelands in the West. Management practices addressed include grazing, mowing, prescribed fire, and pesticide use, as well as recommendations on how to address pollinators in restoration projects, control of invasive nonnative invasive plants, use of managed pollinators, recreation, and climate change impacts. Where applicable, the BMPs identify areas where there is overlap in management objectives for pollinators and other species such as greater sage-grouse, and they also provide specific sections on how to manage rangelands for the monarch butterfly. In addition, the BMPs outline methods to monitor pollinator populations, a comprehensive literature review, and tables detailing native pollinator phenology, conservation status, ecoregion associations, and habitat requirements.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Best Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands</i> can be downloaded at <a href="https://xerces.org/best-management-practices-for-pollinators-on-western-rangelands/">https://xerces.org/best-management-practices-for-pollinators-on-western-rangelands/</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Acknowledgments</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Funding for this project was provided by the US Forest Service as well as the Ceres Trust, CS Fund, The Dudley Foundation, Endangered Species Chocolate, LLC., J. Crew, Justin's, Madhava Natural Sweeteners, The New-Land Foundation, Inc., Turner Foundation, Inc., White Pine Fund, Whole Systems Foundation, and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation members. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">----------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Matthew Shepherd</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Director of Communications & Outreach</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><img border="0" width="128" height="48" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D56AD4.C20C88B0" alt="Email-Outlook_Xerces-logo-CMYK"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Protecting the Life That Sustains Us</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Connect with us @xercessociety on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/xercessociety/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/xercessociety" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/xercessociety/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visit </span><a href="http://www.xerces.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">www.xerces.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> to read our </span><a href="http://www.xerces.org/blog/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">blog</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, sign up for our </span><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001HTk7N6nZumLPinBr8VACbNdTXCe732bGu6KpqC13JAKPti_HBe5xyr7t0p4mDfKe2dOsd-TB1qvv772s6GQfVa_SbKKfwBiwl4blH4KvCjq4dpmA2M9UNZ2axlQwu_1Gvjrl2Rb53WUZwsddwCzyorgxedLAaMy3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">e-newsletter</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, and find out how you can protect invertebrates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Watch us on </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiPLPJuySOgn6CbjkOxqLQ"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Support our work: </span><a href="https://xerces.org/donate/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Donate</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">628 NE Broadway, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232, USA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Office: (503) 232-6639 x110</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cell: (503) 807-1577</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:matthew.shepherd@xerces.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">matthew.shepherd@xerces.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>