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Pollinator Friendly Practices "Humanity, for its own sake, must attend to the forgotten pollinators Pollinator Protection
As added recognition for certified programs, companies can implement the guidelines for Pollinator Friendly Practices (PFP). Certified WHC sites that implement specific land management practices within their habitat and site to promote pollinator populations will receive distinct honor. Register today for Pollinator Friendly Practices. The NAPPC WHC Pollinator Protection Award is presented at WHC's Annual Symposium. The recipient is chosen from sites that apply for recognition with WHC as a Pollinator Friendly Program. The recognition is offered for certified WHC sites that implement specific land management practices to promote pollinator populations. In 2002, WHC in partnership with NAPPC members, including the Xerces Society and Coevolution Institute, developed the Pollinator Friendly Practice (PFP) Guidelines. Adopted by NAPPC, they are used by organizations in support of land management practices in schools, private industry, public spaces, agriculture, forests and homes. The guidelines augment existing land use incentives and are to be used by organizations such as WHC in promoting pollinator friendly land use practices. WHC is the first organization to promote the Pollinator Friendly Practices and offer recognition for these efforts. The Pollinator Friendly Practice Guidelines consider six different areas of land use management: Foraging Habitat, Reproduction, Shelter, Invasive/Exotic Species, Chemical Use and Monitoring. For each topic, there is a central question to be addressed followed by a detailed approach to the subject. Download Pollinator Friendly Practice Guidelines.
National Pollinator Week The U.S. Postal Service introduced a "Pollination" stamp series for release in June 2007. The intricate design of these beautiful stamps emphasizes the ecological relationship between pollinators and plants and suggests the biodiversity necessary to ensure the viability of that relationship. By working with private landowners such as corporations, schools and homeowners, WHC helps create and enhance valuable habitat for pollinators. The Wings of Wonder program is just one example of a partnership for pollinators, where corporate sites and schools are linked together to study migratory butterflies in both their summer and winter grounds. Incorporate Your Efforts
By planting large masses of a few species, pollinators receive the most reward for the least effort, thus conserving energy. In addition, a meadow or garden can be vastly improved by planting for consecutive blooms, that is, something blooming throughout the seasons to provide food for various species. Different bees and butterflies have specific, often short, flight periods, with some as early as March. By providing a succession of plants that bloom early in the season through late, these species will find food within your habitat when they are active. Team Flight field journals and Team Monarch field journals, along with teacher guides -- available under Backyard Conservation. Education Pollination Without pollination most plants could not produce fruit nor set seed and many of the foods we eat would not be available for us. The plants that many wild creatures rely on for food or shelter would also disappear. A small percentage of plant species rely on wind or even water to transfer pollen, but the vast majority-88 percent of all plant species-need the help of animals. There are up to 200,000 different species of animals across the world that act as pollinators. Of these, about 1,000 are vertebrates, such as birds, bats, and small mammals, and the rest are invertebrates. Flies, beetles, butterflies, moths, and bees are particularly important. Facts
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