Pollinators and Roadsides: Best Management Practices for Managers and Decision Makers

Details

• Creators:
  Hopwood, Jennifer ; Black, Scott ; Fleury, Scott
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Remley, Deirdre
• Corporate Contributors:
  ICF International (Firm)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Landscape design
  • Roadside flora and fauna
  • Roadside improvement
  • Native plants
  • Pollinators
  • Integrated vegetation management
  • Butterflies
  • Bees
  • Bats
  • Moths
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-16-020
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Remley, Deirdre
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Pollinators are critical to our food supply as well as to the health of ecosystems. Wild pollinators such as the monarch butterfly and a number of bumble bee species are in decline, and beekeepers in the United States and Europe have reported significant losses of managed European honey bee colonies. Pollinator declines are attributed to loss of habitat, pesticide exposure, diseases, parasites, and effects of introduced species. Roadsides can benefit pollinators by providing foraging habitat, places to breed, nest, and overwinter, and may act as corridors, linking patches of fragmented habitat. These best management practices identify key steps that State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) can take to improve the quality of roadside habitat for pollinators including 1) adjusting roadside vegetation management techniques to accommodate pollinator resource needs, and 2) enhancing and restoring native roadside vegetation to include plant materials that improve pollinator habitat.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-11-00033/TO 5001
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55914/dot_55914_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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