Xerces Society Inc

NRCS-XERCES SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP FOR POLLINATORS

STACKING CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION TO LEVERAGE MARKET-BASED INCENTIVES.

RECOVERING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IN CALIFORNIA

TO ASSIST NRCS AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, NRCS PARTNERS AND LANDOWNERS IN THE IDENTIFICATION/INITIATION OF POLLINATOR CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

NRCS-XERCES SOCIETY NTSC POLLINATOR ASSISTANCE PROJECT

MIGRATORY DRAGONFLY PARTNERSHIP

THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE TO PAY FOR XERCES SOCIETY TIME AND EXPERTISE ONPOLLINATOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION WITHIN THE PLANTS DATABASE.

COLLABORATION BETWEEN XERCES SOCIETY AND THE USDA PEOPLE’S GARDEN INITIATIVE TO EXPAND POLLINATOR AND BENEFICIAL INSECT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO GARDENS NATIONWIDE.

ISSSSP INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION

MULTI STATE POLLINATOR CONSERVATION 2023

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: L23AS00162FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT: BEES ARE HIGHLY IMPORTANT POLLINATORS WITH SUBSTANTIAL ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. SUBSTANTIAL WORLDWIDE DECLINES OF POLLINATORS, INCLUDING BEES, ARE REPORTED AND MANY OF THESE SPECIES MAY BECOME LISTED AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES. THERE IS VERY LITTLE DISTRIBUTIONAL INFORMATION FOR POLLINATORS, INCLUDING BEES. DISTRIBUTIONAL INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL FOR BLMS ABILITY TO CONSERVE BEES ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. THE PROPOSAL TARGETS 5 BEE SPECIES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PETITIONED FOR LISTING UNDER THE ESA. FOCUSING ON SPECIES PETITIONED FOR LISTING IS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT GIVEN THAT INFORMATION MAY BE VALUABLE FOR FWS EVALUATION OF SPECIES STATUS OR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSERVATION STRATEGIES. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH CLEARLY IDENTIFIES 6 ACTIONS TO SURVEY BEES AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND HABITAT USE ON BLM LANDS. THE ACTIONS INCLUDE OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO VOLUNTEERS ACROSS COLORADO, NEVADA, UTAH, AND WYOMING, THE PROVISION OF SURVEY KITS TO VOLUNTEERS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WEBSITE PORTAL. THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES ONGOING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DATABASE AND THE DELIVERY OF PRESENTATIONS AND FIELD VISITS.

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS INVENTORY PROJECT IS TO COLLECT SPECIES PRESENCE DATA ON THE BUMBLE BEES AND T E BUTTERFLIES PRESENT AT BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK (BADL), FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (FOLA), SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT (SCBL), AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT (AGFO), AND MISSOURI NATIONAL RECREATIONAL RIVER (MNRR) TO INFORM INVASIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, CONTROLLED BURNING, AND COMPLIANCE DETERMINATIONS FOR T E SPECIES. THE METHODS USED COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY OTHER NATIONAL PARK UNITS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS NETWORK (NGPN), SHOULD INTEREST ARISE. COOPERATORS WILL USE DATA COLLECTED IN THIS PROJECT AND A GENERAL LITERATURE REVIEW TO PROVIDE PARK-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY POTENTIAL VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT, PRESCRIBED BURNING, AND COMPLIANCE DETERMINATIONS).

BUILDING PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS FOR BUMBLE BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS

GREAT PLAINS BUMBLE BEE ATLAS

TRAINING, TECHNICAL GUIDANCE, AND INVENTORY FOR IMPERILED, THREATENED, AND ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES ON BLM LANDS IN CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM

BUMBLE BEE ATLAS

FISH, WILDLIFE, & PLANT CONSV. RES. MGMT, 2008

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM

WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION

REGIONAL MONARCH AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION PROGRAM

DEVELOP A SHARED XERCES NRCS POSITION FOR PEST MANAGEMENT, POLLINATOR CONSERVATION AND FARM PLANNING

DEVELOPMENT OF A VISUAL SURVEY PROTOCOL FOR FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN WATERSHEDS

HQ PROVIDING TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON RARE AND AT-RISK POLLINATORS ON BLM LANDS ACROSS THE WESTERN US TO INFORM POLLINATOR AND MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONDITION, HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING

ASSESSMENT OF FRESHWATER MUSSEL DISTRIBUTION, STATUS, AND HEALTH IN THE CHEHALIS RIVER

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

F22AP01839

OF THE 17 SPECIES OF BUMBLE BEES THAT OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, SEVERAL HAVE EITHER BEEN FEDERALLY LISTED RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLE BEE, BOMBUS AFFINIS , PETITIONED FOR LISTING YELLOW BANDED BUMBLE BEE, B TERRICOLA , AND OR HAVE POSITIVE 90 DAY FINDINGS VARIABLE CUCKOO BUMBLE BEE, B VARIABILIS, AND AMERICAN BUMBLE BEE, B PENSYLVANICUS OTHER SPECIES WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA ARE IN A THREATENED CATEGORY ON THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE IUCN RED LIST SOUTHERN PLAINS BUMBLE BEE, B FRATERNUS ENDANGERED AND YELLOW BUMBLE BEE, B FERVIDUS VULNERABLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT OVERALL BUMBLE BEE POPULATION NUMBERS, DIVERSITY, AND ABUNDANCE HAVE DRAMATICALLY DECREASED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES THE CAUSES OF THESE DECLINES ARE NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT THE FOLLOWING LIKELY PLAY A ROLE LOSS OR FRAGMENTATION OF HABITAT, PESTICIDE EXPOSURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPETITION WITH HONEY BEES, LOW GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANT OF ALL, THE INTRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PATHOGENS THROUGH COMMERCIAL HONEY BEE AND BUMBLE BEE COLONIES USED FOR CROP POLLINATION ALL OF THESE FACTORS LIKELY INTERACT, INCREASING BUMBLE BEE VULNERABILITY ADDITIONALLY, CURRENT OCCURRENCE DATA FOR THESE SPECIES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HAS SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIENCIES, INCLUDING A LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC, AND REPEATABLE SURVEYS TO TRACK BUMBLE BEES AT A REGIONAL SCALE FUTURE SPECIES STATUS ASSESSMENTS SSAS , LISTING DECISIONS, AND CONSERVATION PLANS ACTIONS WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO UPDATE ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORDS EORS

THIS AGREEMENT CONSIST OF FOUR KEY STEPS TO RECOVERING THE WESTERN MONARCH POPULATION, INCLUDING PROTECTING & MANAGING CALIFORNIA OVERWINTERING SITES, RESTORING BREEDING & MIGRATORY HABITATS, PROTECTING & RESTORING SUMMER BREEDING AND FALL MIGRATION MONARCH HABITATS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA, AND PROTECTING ALL THESE CRITICAL HABITATS FROM PESTICIDES. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP TO STABILIZE AND INCREASE THE POPULATION OF WESTERN MONARCHS.

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM

INTERAGENCY SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES PROGRAM INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION

PLANT MATERIALS FOR MONARCHS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

ORWA PNW BUMBLE BEE ATLAS

ORWA SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES FACT SHEETS

15.945: COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM CESU NETWORKPROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO INFORM SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE STUDY UNITS FACILITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION PRODUCTS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.THE PROJECT WILL SURVEY BUMBLE BEES AND HABITAT AT TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE AND EXAMINE IMPACTS OF GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, SUCH AS FIRE AND GRAZING, ON BUMBLE BEES. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO PARK INTERPRETATION STAFF TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS REGARDING TALLGRASS PRAIRIE BUMBLE BEES.BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

INITIAL FUNDING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND UPDATE OF INVERTEBRATE SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES FACT SHEETS AND AN OREGON POLLINATOR STRATEGY. IN FUTURE YEARS THIS AGREEMENT WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND UPDATE OF ADDITIONAL INVERTEBRATE SPECIES FACT SHEETS SITE MANAGEMENT PLANS AND SURVEYS FOR HIGH PRIORITY BLM SENSITIVE INVERTEBRATE SPECIES. XERCES SOCIETY CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS WILL DEVELOP TWO NEW SPECIES FACT SHEETS AND UPDATE ELEVEN SPECIES FACT SHEETS FOR OREGON AND WASHINGTON BUREAU SENSITIVE INVERTEBRATE SPECIES

OR/WA SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES FACT SHEETS

ORWA NCLS TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSKS ON CASCADE SISKIYOU NATIONAL MONUMENT

WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM

BLM ORWA NORTHWEST OREGON CADDISFLY SURVEYS

BLM OR/WA LEPIDOPTERA INVENTORY, ANALYSIS AND MONITORING ON CASCADE SISKIYOU NATIONAL MONUMENT

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MONARCH BUTTERFLY OVERWINTERING SITE PRIORITIZATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT

WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM

F18AC00486

PLANT MATERIALS CENTER

MONARCH CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP ESTIMATING ASCLEPIAS POPULATIONS ON RANGELAND THROUGH

BUMBLE BEE SPECIES OCCURRENCE DATA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM

PLANT MATERIALS CENTER

WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLY FLYWAY HABITAT MANAGEMENT

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

KLAMATH BASIN FRESHWATER MUSSLES AND RESTORATION BMPS WORKSHOP

DEVELOPMENT OF A BOOK ON FRESHWATER MUSSELS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE