[Pollinator] New FHWA report: literature review on pollinator conservation and highway rights-of-way

[Matthew Shepherd]

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has just released a new report:

Literature Review: Pollinator Habitat Enhancement and Best Management
Practices in Highway Rights-of-Way



The report was prepared for the FHWA by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate
Conservation, in collaboration with ICF International. The authors are
Jennifer Hopwood, Scott Hoffman Black, Eric Lee-Mader, and Alexandra
Charlap of the Xerces Society, and Robert Preston, Kailash Mozumder, and
Scott Fleury of ICF International.



This literature review is the first product of a contract to develop
Roadside Best Management Practices.  These roadside BMP’s are in
development and should be released later this year.



The literature review includes sections on the importance and decline in
pollinators, the threats to pollinators associated with roads and
restoration and vegetation management for pollinators. It also includes
case studies of successful roadside management.



To see the executive summary:
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecosystems/documents/pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW.asp#exec



To download the entire report as a PDF, go to:
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecosystems/documents/pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW.pdf







Matthew



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