Honey bees and wild bees alike are considered important agricultural pollinators, and both groups of bees share many of the same habitat requirements necessary to thrive. Both require reliable and… Continue Reading Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Land managers and land owners can bring wildflowers back to low diversity, established grass stands through a process known as interseeding (also referred to as overseeding). Interseeding involves suppression of… Continue Reading Interseeding Wildflowers to Diversify Grasslands for Pollinators
The Monarch Butterfly has received considerable attention in recent years due to a drastic decline in population. Other pollinating insect species, such as honey bees, native bees and butterflies, are… Continue Reading North Dakota Monarch Butterfly and Native Pollinator Strategy
Ranchers are essential stewards of grasslands and prevent rangeland from being converted to cropland or urban areas. Rangelands are important for pollinators, providing contiguous and often expansive areas of habitat… Continue Reading Ranchland Management and Pollinators
About 30 percent of the four thousand species of bees native to North America nest in small tunnels. There are many simple and successful ways to make artificial nests for… Continue Reading Tunnel Nests for Native Bees
Visit this website to view the interactive Watershed Web Map including currently active Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program Watershed Projects. By clicking on the individual watershed project boundaries, project information… Continue Reading Interactive Map – Active Watershed Projects