Bee fly--a fly that looks like a bee--pollinates mustard flowers.

Monarch Butterfly--a migratory pollinator.

Commemorative pollinator stamps from 2007.

National Pollinator Week June 22-28

During the week of June 22-28, 2008, BLM will celebrate the 2nd Annual National Pollinator Week. Bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators are essential to our nation’s food supply and to maintaining healthy, productive wildlands.  Last June, during the first designated Pollinator Week, the Bureau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Pollinator Partnership, which is the non-profit administrator for a collaboration known as the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC). Through NAPPC more than 100 private, government, university and non-profit organizations are working together to encourage the health of resident and migratory pollinating animals in North America. 

Pollinators on Public Lands

This year as part of Pollinator Week, the NAPPC Public Land Manager task force is producing a podcast series. 

Carol Spurrier, BLM Botanist, and Scott Hoffman Black, Executive Director of the Xerces Society, are featured in the BLM podcast, Managing Microfauna: Pollinators on Public Lands.  Listen to what the Bureau of Land Management is doing to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and of the need to protect them and their habitats. 

 Additional Information

	Visit the Pollinator Partnership website for more information on pollinators and pollinator week activities and other podcasts in this series.
	The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization focused on invertebrate conservation. Xerces works with BLM on pollinator monitoring projects in Oregon and other locations.