Cost-effective Roadside Revegetation Methods to Support Insect Pollinators

Pollinators such as rusty-patched bumble bees and Monarch butterflies are at risk due to the loss of native habitat from increasing development, intensive agricultural practices, and greater use of pesticides. Roadside habitats have grown in importance as they can provide habitat and act as migratory corridors. This research will establish roadside vegetation management recommendations with the potential for maintenance cost savings.

• Record URL:
  https://www.cts.umn.edu/publications/report/cost-effective-roadside-revegetation-methods-to-support-insect-pollinators

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $281,412.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1036212

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Local Road Research Board

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St. Paul, Minnesota  United States  55155-1899

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences

  St. Paul, MN  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Snell-Rood, Emilie

• Start Date: 20200709
• Expected Completion Date: 20220831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Habitat (Ecology); Highway maintenance; Insects; Revegetation; Roadside flora
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727537
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036212
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 9 2020 4:01PM