Life History and Landscape Factors Influencing the Choice of Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Measures Aimed at Reducing Impacts to the Rusty Patched Bumblebee (Bombus affinis) in Transportation Corridors

Robinson, Jason L.; Piltz, Moshe M.

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Life History and Landscape Factors Influencing the Choice of Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Measures Aimed at Reducing Impacts to the Rusty Patched Bumblebee (Bombus affinis) in Transportation Corridors

2025-11-01
By Robinson, Jason L. ; Piltz, Moshe M.

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English

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Creators:

Robinson, Jason L. ; Piltz, Moshe M.
Corporate Creators:

Illinois Center for Transportation
Corporate Contributors:

Illinois Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Avoidance Bombus Affinis Conservation Endangered Species Fishes Habitat (Ecology) Landscaping Minimization Recovery Plan Right Of Way (Land) Rusty Patched Bumblebee Traffic Mitigation Transportation Corridors Vegetation Control Wildlife
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-ICT-25-012
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/25-012
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; Illinois
Edition:

Final Report 9/1/24–11/30/25
Corporate Publisher:

Illinois Center for Transportation
Abstract:

The federally endangered rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) provides a difficult set of challenges for management and conservation. Bumblebee species have complex life histories, interacting with different obligatory habitat requirements across the ontogeny of the colony. Transportation corridors present unique opportunities for interventions to configure the quality and spatial configuration of local bumblebee habitats. We identify the particular vulnerabilities of an RPBB colony in each life history stage and how avoidance, minimization, and mitigation actions can be designed at each stage to meet project-specific objectives. We offer suggested mitigation actions that target specific objectives in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s “Species Recovery Plan for Rusty Patched Bumblebee.” Finally, we identify information gaps that could be filled with targeted scientific research to answer questions relevant to the management of bumblebees in transportation corridors.
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PDF
Funding:

R27-SP68
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US Transportation Collection
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