Transportation agencies can make a difference for imperiled pollinators by managing existing roadside vegetation and designing new revegetation plantings with habitat needs in mind. This can generate public support for agencies and help to mitigate the negative ecological effects of roads.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 362: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 16: Southwest, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is a 16-volume series. Each volume focuses on a specific region of the United States and is intended to provide relevant guidance to rights-of-way owners and operators for roadside vegetation management practices that support pollinators, as well as strategies that are compliant with the federal Endangered Species Act.
Supplemental to the document are a Dataset of Southwest Accessory Materials, a Communications Toolbox, a Conduct of Research Report, and a Video.
All the other volumes are available on the webpage for NCHRP Web-Only Document 362: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 1: Alaska.
The other volumes are:
Volume 1: Alaska
Volume 2: California
Volume 3: Florida
Volume 4: Great Basin
Volume 5: Great Lakes
Volume 6: Hawaii
Volume 7: Inland Northwest
Volume 8: Maritime Northwest
Volume 9: Mid-Atlantic
Volume 10: Midwest
Volume 11: Northeast
Volume 12: Northern Plains
Volume 13: Rocky Mountains
Volume 14: Southeast
Volume 15: Southern Plains
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 16: Southwest. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27118.
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