[Pollinator] New guidelines for managing rangelands for pollinators

[Matthew Shepherd]

*Best Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands*



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 *Best
Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands*
<https://xerces.org/best-management-practices-for-pollinators-on-western-rangelands/>.
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.



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.



*Best Management Practices for Pollinators on Western Rangelands* can be
downloaded at
https://xerces.org/best-management-practices-for-pollinators-on-western-rangelands/



Acknowledgments



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.







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