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P-IE

10-Minute Paper

10-min: P-IE, Pollinators and Pollination

The national plan to support pollinator health: is the US meeting its goals?

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The long-term health of pollinators is a critical issue for the functioning of natural habitats and for agricultural production. In response to widespread public concern about the future of these ecologically- and economically-important animals, in 2015 the United States government released a national strategy to support pollinators including research priorities, directives for funding, and timelines for achieving three overarching goals. Five years after releasing this strategic plan, we evaluate progress towards the targets for improved honeybee overwintering survival, greater pollinator habitat, and larger monarch butterfly populations nationally and in a Michigan-focused project. We find that the three goals of the plan have not been reached at the national scale, and highlight our progress in understanding how to improve pollinator health within the context of our region that has agriculture and natural habitats dependent on pollinators and that serves as summer habitat for monarch butterflies.