Land Management for Pollinator Protection
As a land manager or farmer, you have unique opportunities to support pollinators and their habitats. Any step taken to help pollinators is meaningful, and no action is “too small”. Actions that support pollinators improve the farm environment as well as the resilience of your farm business.
Here are some tools to support you as you take action for pollinators.
Agricultural Guides
Check out our agricultural guides for actions you can take on your agricultural land to create pollinator habitat, protect bees from pesticides, supply forage, and more.
Land Manager Guides
Read our technical guides on creating, enhancing, and restoring pollinator habitat as a land manager along utility lands. Whether it be on a roadside, along a pipeline, in a wind or solar farm, by an electric transmission corridor, or elsewhere, there are actions you can take to support pollinators and their habitats.
Bee Friendly Farming
Bee Friendly Farming is an online self-certification program to help farmers take action for pollinators. Become a member today to learn more about how you can create and preserve pollinator habitats!
Scout IPPM
SCOUT IPPM is a mobile app that lets you monitor your pumpkin or squash crops for pests and pollinators, providing integrated management recommendations specific to your farm.
Crop Pest Tool
This tool provides information on plant types that may support crop pests so that growers and land managers can have increased confidence that the plants they select to create habitat for pollinators and pest control insects will not increase pest problems.
Pollinator Steward Certification
The Pollinator Steward Certification program (PSC) empowers people with the scientific know-how to make a real difference for pollinators, people, and the planet. This course is ideal for home gardeners, land managers (large and small), farmers, and anyone that wants to do more to support pollinators. Join our growing community of Certified Pollinator Stewards!