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

Details

• 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:
  • Right of way (Land)
  • Traffic mitigation
  • Conservation
  • Vegetation control
  • Landscaping
  • Transportation corridors
  • Wildlife
  • Fishes
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Endangered species
  More +
• 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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R27-SP68
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/87789/dot_87789_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.26 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91eb5ff116db878ee0d47c553e378d6c69836946482025a905a22c27e2b5f452c1dacf9d804eb42a67314d524fd06f3d91c84ba887736a471bbf5e2fb170b770