California State Board of Food and Agriculture Laurie Davies Adams Executive Director April 1, 2014

Policies for Native Pollinators in California

• Conducting research in 7 states • Sponsoring 6 research studies for Honey Bee Health in 2014 alone • Overseeing three research sites in 2 countries re: Corn Dust

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

• 2008, 2014 Farm Bill • Transportation Act

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

Education at all levels

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

• Restoring degraded landscapes • Agricultural buffers, cover crops, and field edges

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

• Threatened, rare and endangered plants • Pollinator abundance

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

• Three countries • 120 organizations • Inclusive and collaborative

Pollinator Partnership

Research Policy Outreach Conservation Monitoring and Restoration Partnerships

Some NAPPC Partners

Pollinator Partnership supports ALL pollinators and their needs

1. Forage and habitat 2. Information and outreach 3. Partnerships 4. Research 5. Pesticides 6. Climate change and drought 7. Agricultural uses of native bees

Policies for Native Pollinators in California

1. Forage and habitat - recommend • Supports for forage for all pollinators on

California state-managed land, roadsides, public land, private land, urban, ROW, fire restoration, and more.

• Register all sites with SHARE or Bee Friendly Farming

• Promote floral resources and nesting sites

2. Information and outreach - recommend • Continue to and increase support for Extension

and IPM services in CA • Increased training in CA specialty crop and

commodity crop PMB’s in multiple learning modalities and languages

• Integrate pollinator education in farm to table, farmer’s market, gardening, afterschool programs, and more.

3. Partnerships – recommend • “Conservation diplomacy” that recognizes the

role that agribusiness and other private industry plays in stewardship for pollinators – welcome unlikely partnerships

4. Research – recommend • Continued research to:

• reduce exposure to pesticides, • understand species interaction, • explore opportunities for increased natives in

agriculture, • understand nutrition specifics that may affect seed

and planting mixes, • and understand disease in natives

• Begin immediate monitoring of populations • Scholarships for graduate students - GCA

5. Climate change and drought – recommend • Mitigating impact on pollinators (which will face

potentially diminished floral and water resources including range shifts and asynchronous phenology.

• Use bees and butterflies to incent conservation

6. Pesticides – recommend • Training in pesticide application practices or BMP’s

to support pollinators including IPM. • Study neonicotinoid and all prophylactic impacts –

on both pollinators and on crop yields • Continue CA leadership in pesticide planning and

reporting with applicators and registration (DPR)

7. Agricultural use of non-honey bees - recommend • Increase incentives to explore managed and

unmanaged natives in agricultural settings – BOB and others

• Keep the needs of honey bees in mind while also considering the needs of native bees

1. Forage and habitat • Supports for forage for all pollinators on California state-managed

land, roadsides, public land, private land, urban, fire restoration 2. Information sources

• Continue to and increase support for extension and IPM in CA 3. Partnerships

• “Conservation diplomacy” that recognizes the role that agribusiness and other private industry plays in stewardship for pollinators – unlikely partnerships

4. Research • Continued research to reduce exposure to pesticides, understand

species interaction, explore opportunities for increased natives in agriculture

5. Drought • Explore ways to mitigate impact on floral and water resources

6. Pesticides • Train in pesticide application practices to support pollinators. • Understand neonicotinoid impacts – on pollinators and on crop

yields 7. Explore agricultural use of non-honey bees

Policies for Native Pollinators in California –Recommend:

1. Forage everywhere we live and work and play (S.H.A.R.E.) – multi-use landscapes • Riparian • Grazing • Forests • Timberlands • Utility ROW • Recreation • Agriculture • Landscaping • Transportation

corridors • Schools, religious

institutions • Businesses

General Concepts for California

2. Promote a “pollinator ethic” in all programs rather than institute new pollinator programs

• Seek a state assessment of impact on pollinators from all departments

• Add pollinator supports as you address other problems

General Concepts for California

3. Use Pollinator Week to raise awareness and demonstrate action for pollinators

General Concepts for California

4. Join existing mapping systems across the country to highlight on-the-ground action. • Simply Have Areas Reserved for the Environment -

S.H.A.R.E.

General Concepts for California

Contact us directly LDA@pollinator.org Laurie Davies Adams Executive Director

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Thank you!