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*[https://pollinatorawareness.wordpress.com/ Andover Pollinator Awareness Project] | *[https://pollinatorawareness.wordpress.com/ Andover Pollinator Awareness Project] | ||
*[http://extension.psu.edu/plants/master-gardener/counties/allegheny/mg-projects/pollinator-project Penn State Extension] | *[http://extension.psu.edu/plants/master-gardener/counties/allegheny/mg-projects/pollinator-project Penn State Extension] | ||
+ | *[http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators/public-outreach/cert Penn State University]: Pollinator Garden Certification | ||
==Other links== | ==Other links== | ||
*[http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/gardens/ The Xerces Society]: Targeted for gerdeners, this site contains much useful general information on pollinators and managing for pollinators | *[http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/gardens/ The Xerces Society]: Targeted for gerdeners, this site contains much useful general information on pollinators and managing for pollinators | ||
*[http://www.pollinatorfriendly.org/ Pollinator Friendly Alliance] | *[http://www.pollinatorfriendly.org/ Pollinator Friendly Alliance] |
An increasing focus on Green Infrastructure has brought an awareness that stormwater management can provide numerous benefits beyond improving water quality and urban hydrology. Trees, for example, provide a multitude of benefits beyond stormwater management, as discussed in this article. In particular, vegetated stormwater best management practices (BMPs), including tree-based systems and other bioretention systems, offer opportunities to achieve multiple benefits, ranging from aesthetics (see, for example, this presentation by Dr. Steven Rodie from the University of Nebraska - Omaha) to ecosystem friendly designs.
Vegetated stormwater BMPs can be designed to be pollinator-friendly. It is clear that pollinators, both vertebrates and invertebrates, are in decline (see [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). This page provides numerous links to information that can be used in designing and implementing pollinator-friendly stormwater BMPs.
Although much of the information on these pages is general, many of the practices can be incorporated into vegetated stormwater BMPs.