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29 As managers of large landholdings, airports are uniquely positioned to conduct operating and maintenance practices that improve habitat and forage for pollinator species. This chapter describes the primary ways these practices can be applied at airports to foster safety for airport operations.
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30 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports trees on airport property or use trees with vertical branches so birds do not perch or build nests. Some airports, such as Portland International Airport in Oregon, have implemented methods such as vegetation berms or silt fencing to deter nesting birds.
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Pollinator Habitat Programs 31 grasses (for cavity-nesting bees)
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32 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports costs (see Section 5.3 for more detail)
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Pollinator Habitat Programs 33 Austin–Bergstrom International Airport does not have a formal pollinator-friendly program, but the airport has maintained large wildflower plantings along its west runway since the early 2000s. These plantings showcase the state's flower, the Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
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34 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports about developing some of these lands. This has caused great concern among the naturalists at Aullwood Audubon.
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Pollinator Habitat Programs 35 of six pesticide detections per sample were found, with a high of 39 detections in one of the samples (Mullin et al.
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36 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports Figure 11. Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)
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Pollinator Habitat Programs 37 of their acreage outside clear zones is mowed in a given year, greatly reducing mowing costs and mobilization efforts. CTDOT has implemented reduced mowing at its 80 designated pollinator habitat sites and has also reduced mowing in other areas to support pollinators (CTDOT 2018)
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38 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports Figure 12. Signage can help distinguish pollinatorfriendly habitat and engage the public (Source: Connecticut Department of Transportation, used with permission)
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