Great Plains Rangelands Are Important Habitat for Pollinators

Rangelands of the Great Plains are a highly diverse—and endangered—ecosystem filled with subtle beauty that is often underappreciated. These landscapes evolved with natural disturbances, such as grazing and wildfire. Maintaining disturbance through active management is essential for healthy rangelands and pollinators.

Protecting Grassland Ecosystems from Insecticides

Bumble Bees Xerces Society

Conservation planning for pollinators in the U.S. Great Plains: considerations of context, treatments, and scale - Niemuth - 2021 - Ecosphere - Wiley Online Library

Rangeland Xerces Society

Monarch Butterflies

Rangeland Xerces Society

Teaching Tools about the Grasslands of The Northern Great Plains, Educators Toolkits

Protecting Grassland Ecosystems from Insecticides

Sarah Hamilton Buxton

Chapter 3: Imperiled Pollinator Profiles, Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 12: Northern Plains

Cattle and pollinators' mutually beneficial relationship