Pollinator Habitat Installation Guide to Guides

Welcome to the Pollinator Habitat Installation Guide to Guides! This database aims to aggregate existing material to make information accessible to land managers and the public. This regionally-specific content is designed for easy navigation through a variety habitat types and specific goals across the country.

These resources are organized by region and then by land use type and scale. To find the guide most appropriate to your project, scroll down this page to one of the following regions, and navigate the tool from there.


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Canada

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Note: It is essential to recognize the ecological diversity within Canada and to acknowledge the many unique landscapes throughout the country. Therefore, the Task Force plans to update this section in the future to align it with the structure of the United States guide regarding geographic context for resources relevant to Canada. If you have any suggestions for outlining the geographic regions that are unique to Canada, or know of particular ecosystems that ought to be highlighted, please share your thoughts. Recommending guides also helps us determine and prioritize geographies by using the resources we have available.

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Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: various

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Various

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Canada, US, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/find-your-roots

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Honey bees (Apis)

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/Planting-Guide-FINAL-ISBN-June-2017-for-Web-English.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Ontario Horticultural Association

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central, West Coast

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://gardenontario.org/wp-content/uploads/roadsidesguide.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: unknown (web)

Parent organization/agency: In Our Nature

Geographic reference: Canada - Central, Great Lakes Region

Target organism(s): pollinators, native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.inournature.ca/pollinator-garden-design

Year published: unknown (web)

Parent organization/agency: Espace pour la vie Montreal

Geographic reference: Canada - Central, Spec. Quebec

Target organism(s): native plants, pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://espacepourlavie.ca/en/quebec-native-plants

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Friends of the Earth Canada

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Ontario - GTA (Greater Toronto Area)

Target organism(s): Rusty-patched bumblebee, pollinators, native plants, bumblebees

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://foecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FoE_FlowerPatchForRustyPatched.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ontario Invasive Plant Council

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Southern Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants, invasive plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Southern-Grow-Me-Instead-1.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: The Land Between

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Northern Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants, pollinators, amphibians, birds, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.thelandbetween.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Design-your-own-Shoreland-Digital-for-web.pdf

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: In Our Nature

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes Region (Canada/US)

Target organism(s): pollinators, native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.inournature.ca/resources

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: 1000 Islands Master Gardeners

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes Region, Central, Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate

Link to guide: https://1000islandsmastergardeners.ca/wildscaping/sedgescapes/

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: Monarch Watch

Geographic reference: All/Canada - North America

Target organism(s): Monarch, Butterflies, Milkweeds

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/milkweed-profiles/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://trca.ca/news/complete-guide-building-maintaining-rain-garden/

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, butterflies, lepidoptera

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-050_01_Xerces-Urban-Habitat-Checklist_web.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Dark Sky Protection Programs

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): pollinators, wildlife, native plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.csbg.ca/articles/CGOL.PDF

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: various

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Various

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015+

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/LandManagerGuide.Ontario.Farms.FINAL.PDF

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/find-your-roots

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Honey bees (Apis)

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/Planting-Guide-FINAL-ISBN-June-2017-for-Web-English.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Ontario Horticultural Association

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central, West Coast

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://gardenontario.org/wp-content/uploads/roadsidesguide.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: Monarch Watch

Geographic reference: All/Canada - North America

Target organism(s): Monarch, Butterflies, Milkweeds

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/milkweed-profiles/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://trca.ca/news/complete-guide-building-maintaining-rain-garden/

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, butterflies, lepidoptera

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-050_01_Xerces-Urban-Habitat-Checklist_web.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Dark Sky Protection Programs

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): pollinators, wildlife, native plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.csbg.ca/articles/CGOL.PDF

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: various

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Various

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2016+

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Ontario, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/LandManagerGuide.Ontario.Corridor.FINAL.PDF

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/find-your-roots

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Honey bees (Apis)

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/Planting-Guide-FINAL-ISBN-June-2017-for-Web-English.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Ontario Horticultural Association

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central, West Coast

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://gardenontario.org/wp-content/uploads/roadsidesguide.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: 2020, 2022

Parent organization/agency: Canadian Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: Ontario, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore/pollinators/habitat-restoration.html

Year published: 2016+

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/LandManagerGuide.Ontario.Roadside.FINAL.PDF

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: Monarch Watch

Geographic reference: All/Canada - North America

Target organism(s): Monarch, Butterflies, Milkweeds

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/milkweed-profiles/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://trca.ca/news/complete-guide-building-maintaining-rain-garden/

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, butterflies, lepidoptera

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-050_01_Xerces-Urban-Habitat-Checklist_web.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Dark Sky Protection Programs

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): pollinators, wildlife, native plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.csbg.ca/articles/CGOL.PDF

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: various

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Various

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/find-your-roots

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Honey bees (Apis)

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/Planting-Guide-FINAL-ISBN-June-2017-for-Web-English.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Ontario Horticultural Association

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central, West Coast

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://gardenontario.org/wp-content/uploads/roadsidesguide.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Most Regions included for Canada: Central, West Coast, Atlantic, Prairie, Great Lakes

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/ecoregional-planting-guides

Year published: 2016+

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: Canada - Ontario, Great Lakes, Central

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/assets/generalFiles/LandManagerGuide.Ontario.Roadside.FINAL.PDF

Year published: web

Parent organization/agency: Monarch Watch

Geographic reference: All/Canada - North America

Target organism(s): Monarch, Butterflies, Milkweeds

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/milkweed-profiles/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Geographic reference: Canada - Great Lakes, Central, Ontario

Target organism(s): native plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://trca.ca/news/complete-guide-building-maintaining-rain-garden/

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, butterflies, lepidoptera

Level of expertise: Beginner, intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/19-050_01_Xerces-Urban-Habitat-Checklist_web.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Dark Sky Protection Programs

Geographic reference: Canada

Target organism(s): pollinators, wildlife, native plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, advanced

Link to guide: https://www.csbg.ca/articles/CGOL.PDF

Alaska

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Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Alaska

Target organism(s):

  • Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideAK.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Alaska

Target organism(s):

  • Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideAK.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Geographic reference: California

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8498.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: California

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  • Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous hummingbird (Selasphora rufus)
  • Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: Maintaining and Improving Habitat for Hummingbirds in California - A Land Manager's Guide (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: California

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  • Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous hummingbird (Selasphora rufus)
  • Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: Maintaining and Improving Habitat for Hummingbirds in California - A Land Manager's Guide (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideID-MT-ND.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Kansas Nebraska

Target organism(s): Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideKS-NE.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Oklahoma, Texas

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideOK-TX.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Colorado State University Extension

Geographic reference: Colorado

Target organism(s): Bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/attracting-native-bees-landscape-5-615/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service

Geographic reference: Montana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/cmis_proxy/https/ecm.nrcs.usda.gov%3a443/fncmis/resources/WEBP/ContentStream/idd_00DD0E7C-0000-C51A-8898-67EA6268DA27/0/Biology_Tech_Note_MT20HabitatforPollinators_Aug2021.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: University of Wyoming Extension

Geographic reference: Wyoming

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: http://www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/_files/documents/resources/pollinators/pollinatorguide.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideCO-WY-SD.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideID-MT-ND.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Kansas Nebraska

Target organism(s): Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideKS-NE.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Oklahoma, Texas

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideOK-TX.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: DOI Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office

Geographic reference: Idaho

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/Native%20Garden%20Guide%20for%20Southwestern%20Idaho.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Colorado State University Extension

Geographic reference: Colorado

Target organism(s): Bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/attracting-native-bees-landscape-5-615/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service

Geographic reference: Montana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/cmis_proxy/https/ecm.nrcs.usda.gov%3a443/fncmis/resources/WEBP/ContentStream/idd_00DD0E7C-0000-C51A-8898-67EA6268DA27/0/Biology_Tech_Note_MT20HabitatforPollinators_Aug2021.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: University of Wyoming Extension

Geographic reference: Wyoming

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: http://www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/_files/documents/resources/pollinators/pollinatorguide.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideCO-WY-SD.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota

Target organism(s):

  • Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
  • Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideCO-WY-SD.pdf

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Purdue University Extension

Geographic reference: Indiana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-5/POL-5.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, other contributors

Geographic reference: Minnesota

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/2020-06/Planting%20for%20Pollinators_updated_2020.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: Trees Forever

Geographic reference: Midwest U.S.

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trees-Forever-Trees-and-Shrubs-for-Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Save the Dunes.org

Geographic reference: Lake Michigan coastal Indiana (applicable in Illinois)

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://savedunes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Save-the-Dunes-Pollinator-Guide.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Missourians for Monarchs

Geographic reference: Missouri

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Monarch-Booklet-_-Grazing_v2.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Purdue University Extension

Geographic reference: Indiana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-5/POL-5.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Missourians for Monarchs

Geographic reference: Missouri

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Monarch-Booklet-_-Grazing_v2.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Purdue University Extension

Geographic reference: Indiana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-5/POL-5.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Department of Transportation

Geographic reference: Ohio

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://transportation.ohio.gov/static/Programs/Pollinator/ODOTGuideRoadsidePollinatorHabitats.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Department of Transportation

Geographic reference: Ohio

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.davey.com/media/1619374/1_odot_statewide_roadside_pollinator_habitat_restoration_guide.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Geographic reference: Minnesota

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2016/other/160547.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: The Nature Conservancy

Geographic reference: Michigan

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/Native-Plant-Management-at-Solar-Sites.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Department of Transportation

Geographic reference: Ohio

Target organism(s): Bees

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1B1-Planting-Guidelines-1.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Roadside Revegetation

Geographic reference: Interstate 35 Corridor

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/revegetation_plants_for_pollinators_in_the_i35_corridor.xlsx

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Purdue University Extension

Geographic reference: Indiana

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-5/POL-5.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Save the Dunes.org

Geographic reference: Lake Michigan coastal Indiana (applicable in Illinois)

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://savedunes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Save-the-Dunes-Pollinator-Guide.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: The Nature Conservancy

Geographic reference: Michigan

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/Native-Plant-Management-at-Solar-Sites.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Department of Transportation

Geographic reference: Ohio

Target organism(s): Bees

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1B1-Planting-Guidelines-1.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Roadside Revegetation

Geographic reference: Interstate 35 Corridor

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Plants

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/revegetation_plants_for_pollinators_in_the_i35_corridor.xlsx

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2017+

Parent organization/agency: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Geographic reference: Connecticut, New England

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/pollinators/ACitizensGuidetoCreatingPollinatorHabitatinConnecticutpdf.pdf?la=en

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Geographic reference: Pennsylvania

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/Appendix%20L%20Habitat%20Management%20for%20Pollinators%20%28PA%20Guide%29.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: New Palz State University of New York

Geographic reference: New York

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.newpaltz.edu/media/sustainability-import/Campus%20Pollinator%20Habitat%20Plan%20FINAL.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Monarch-Restoration-Guide.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideEast.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest US

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/monarch-resources

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2009

Parent organization/agency: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Geographic reference: New England

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/09-003.pdf

Year published: 2017+

Parent organization/agency: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Geographic reference: Connecticut, New England

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/pollinators/ACitizensGuidetoCreatingPollinatorHabitatinConnecticutpdf.pdf?la=en

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Geographic reference: Pennsylvania

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/Appendix%20L%20Habitat%20Management%20for%20Pollinators%20%28PA%20Guide%29.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Monarch-Restoration-Guide.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/publications/guidelines/farming-for-bees

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2017+

Parent organization/agency: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Geographic reference: Connecticut, New England

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/pollinators/ACitizensGuidetoCreatingPollinatorHabitatinConnecticutpdf.pdf?la=en

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Geographic reference: Pennsylvania

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/Appendix%20L%20Habitat%20Management%20for%20Pollinators%20%28PA%20Guide%29.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Maine Department of Transportation, Wild Seed Project

Geographic reference: Maine

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MaineNativePlantsForRoadsideRestortation_sm.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Monarch-Restoration-Guide.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest US

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/monarch-resources

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: EPRI, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/000000003002015435.pdf

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1C1-BMPs_pollinators_landscapes-1.pdf

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: http://nativerevegetation.org/learn/manual_2017/pdfs/wfl_v1-2_06262020.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maintaining_Roadsides_for_Pollinators.pdf

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2017+

Parent organization/agency: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Geographic reference: Connecticut, New England

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/pollinators/ACitizensGuidetoCreatingPollinatorHabitatinConnecticutpdf.pdf?la=en

Year published: 2017

Parent organization/agency: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Geographic reference: Pennsylvania

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/Appendix%20L%20Habitat%20Management%20for%20Pollinators%20%28PA%20Guide%29.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: New Palz State University of New York

Geographic reference: New York

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.newpaltz.edu/media/sustainability-import/Campus%20Pollinator%20Habitat%20Plan%20FINAL.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Maine Department of Transportation, Wild Seed Project

Geographic reference: Maine

Target organism(s): Pollinators, Plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MaineNativePlantsForRoadsideRestortation_sm.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Monarch-Restoration-Guide.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: Eastern U.S.

Target organism(s): ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/HummingbirdBrochures/HummingbirdGuideEast.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest US

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/monarch-resources

Year published: 2010

Parent organization/agency: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Managed pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-alternative-pollinators/

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/uploads/1/3/3/3/133320811/polinator_habitat_guide_-_2021.pdf

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2007

Parent organization/agency: USDA National Agroforestry Center

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Native bees

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an34g08.pdf

Year published: 2021

Parent organization/agency: Utility Arborist Association Environmental Stewardship Committee

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/Managing-Compatible-Vegetation-for-Targeted-Species-and-Biodiversity.pdf

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2022

Parent organization/agency: American Petroleum Institute

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide:https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/api-midstream-conservation-guidelines.pdf

Year published: 2016

Parent organization/agency: Federal Highway Administration

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A8-BMPs_pollinators_roadsides.pdf

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resources/

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildflower-Bloom.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

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Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest US

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Butterflies

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/monarch-resources

Year published: 2008

Parent organization/agency: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Geographic reference: Oregon

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://wmswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PollinatorPlants.pdf

Year published: 2018+

Parent organization/agency: EarthCorps

Geographic reference: Puget Sound

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.earthcorps.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Native-Pollinator-Habitat-Restoration-Guide-EarthCorps.pdf

Year published: 2013

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed

Year published: Various

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-installation-guides

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: ICF International, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A11-pollinators_BMPs_in_highway_ROW-1.pdf

Year published: 2014

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs, Swallowtails, pollinators, wildlife

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/resource/milkweeds-a-conservation-practitioners-guide/

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: National Wildlife Federation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1A14-Monarch-Conservation-in-Americas-Cities_Guide-121715-1.pdf

Year published: 2019

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Intermediate

Link to guide: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/organic-site-preparation-for-wildflower-establishment

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/BMPs/documents/PollinatorFriendlyBMPsFederalLands05152015.pdf

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: National Audubon Society

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard

Year published: 2020-2022

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: Northeast, Midwest, Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Texas, Southeast, Southwest, Alaska

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/gardencards

Year published: 1999

Parent organization/agency: USDA-NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Bat Conservation International

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_054064.pdf

Year published: 2020

Parent organization/agency: Ohio Bat Working Group

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Bats

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/d/89460/files/2020/10/Bat-Habitat-Brochure-DOW-2020.pdf

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: Earth Partnership

Geographic reference: United States

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/y3t4gkk6pc7lj3ntbgbyjxjq6ogsbxhu

Year published: 2021 (web)

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership, North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Year published: Unknown

Parent organization/agency: Pollinator Partnership Canada

Geographic reference: United States, Canada

Target organism(s): Pollinators, beneficial insects, plants

Level of expertise: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/host-plants-finder

Year published: 2015

Parent organization/agency: USDA Forest Service

Geographic reference: United States, Canada, Mexico

Target organism(s): Hummingbirds

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: AttractingHummingbirds.pdf (usda.gov)

Year published: 2018

Parent organization/agency: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Geographic reference: Western U.S.

Target organism(s): Monarchs

Level of expertise: Intermediate, Advanced

Link to guide: https://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1A15-18-009_01-Monarch_BMPs_Final_Web.pdf

Year published: 2008

Parent organization/agency: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Geographic reference: Oregon

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Beginner

Link to guide: https://wmswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PollinatorPlants.pdf

Year published: 2018+

Parent organization/agency: EarthCorps

Geographic reference: Puget Sound

Target organism(s): Pollinators

Level of expertise: Advanced

Link to guide: https://www.earthcorps.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Native-Pollinator-Habitat-Restoration-Guide-EarthCorps.pdf