[Pollinator] White House CEQ guidance on pollinator-friendly practices on federal property

[Matthew Shepherd]

One more step forward for pollinators…



In June, President Obama issued a memorandum, “Creating a Federal Strategy
to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators,” that directed
federal agencies to take steps to protect and restore domestic populations
of pollinators. The first product from this has just been released, a
report from the White House Council on Environmental Quality that provides
guidance on how federal agencies can incorporate pollinator friendly
practices in new construction, building renovations, landscaping
improvements, and in facility leasing agreements at federal facilities and
on federal lands.



To put this in context, the federal government controls or owns more than
41 million acres of land and 429,000 “building assets” in the United
States. That’s a lot of property that can be made better for pollinators --
and this can act as an example and catalyst for other governments or
organizations.



Read more about the new guidelines on the CEQ blog,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/10/22/good-news-bees-supporting-pollinators-federal-facilities



You can download the CEQ’s report, Supporting the Health of Honey Bees and
other Pollinators, at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/supporting_the_health_of_honey_bees_and_other_pollinators.pdf



Matthew



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