[SOS-PCA] National Strategy for Pollinators

[Haidet, Margaret (Megan)]

Recently, there has been quite a flutter of activities arounf the topic of
pollinators, monarchs and honey bees. Today the White House is releasing the
*National Strategy to Promote Pollinator Health* and
accompanying science-based *Pollinator Research Action Plan* which outline
needs and priority actions to better understand pollinator losses and
improve pollinator health. These actions will be supported by coordination
of existing Federal research efforts and accompanied by a request to
Congress for additional resources to respond to the pollinator losses that
are being experienced.

Increasing the quantity and quality of habitat for pollinators is a major
part of this effort—with actions ranging from the construction of
pollinator gardens at Federal buildings to the restoration of millions of
acres of Federally managed lands and similar actions on private lands. To
support these habitat-focused efforts, USDA and the Department of Interior
are today issuing a set of *Pollinator-Friendly Best Management Practices
for Federal Lands*, providing  practical guidance for planners and managers
with land stewardship responsibilities.

You can read more about this topic from the White House, here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/05/19/announcing-new-steps-promote-pollinator-health

The strategy is linked through this article from today's Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whats-all-the-obama-buzz-about-bees/2015/05/18/5ebd1580-fd6a-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html


Megan Haidet
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
Seeds of Success
202-912-7233

www.blm.gov/sos
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