Practical Conservation

More pollinator resources from the Xerces Society have been added to the Pollinator Manuals page.   The updates are listed below.

Pollinators in Natural Areas: A Primer on Habitat Management.

Pollinator-friendly Parks. How to enhance parks, gardens and other greenspaces for native pollinator insects.

Making Room for Native Pollinators: How to Create Habitat for Pollinator Insects on Golf Courses.

Here is a good summary about the effects of European conservation programs on mammals.  The applications to North American programs are easy to see.  Good thing, too, because N. American research on mammals in CRP and other programs is sorely lacking.

McDonald, D.W., F.H. Tattersall, K.M. Service, L.G.Firbank, and R. E. Feber.  2007.  Mammals, agric-environment schemes and set-aside – what are the putative benefits. Mammal Review 37:259-277.