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46 Beekeeping and pollinator-friendly habitat programs can provide a wide range of benefits to airports and to their surrounding communities. This chapter discusses the numerous benefits asso ciated with pollinator-friendly programs, including opportunities for community and stakeholder engagement, operational efficiencies, financial benefits, and environmental and public health opportunities.
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Identifying Opportunities 47 news channels, hosting tours of airport pollinator programs for local politicians and community groups, and engaging with their passengers through social media outreach. ODOT designed creative posters about pollinator habitat health and mowing practices to educate the public about its pollinator program.
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48 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports 7.1.3 Award Recognition In addition to improving public relations and providing new opportunities for community and institutional partnerships, several airports have received environmental awards as a result of their pollinator-friendly programs. Indianapolis International Airport was recognized with an Airports Council International–North America 2020 Environmental Achievement Award in August 2020, to which the airport's pollinator program contributed.
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Identifying Opportunities 49 7.2.1 Swarm Reduction Pollinator-friendly programs provide opportunities for airports from an operations standpoint. The risk of bee swarms landing on airplanes or elsewhere within an AOA is a particular safety concern for both passengers and airport staff and may deter some airports from implementing on-site beekeeping operations (see Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 for more detail)
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50 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports 7.3.3 Commercial Sales Pollinator-friendly programs provide an opportunity for funding through commercial sales. Some airports have produced honey through beekeeping operations and have subsequently donated or exchanged the honey as a gesture of goodwill or sold the honey commercially to draw attention to the airport's pollinator-friendly programs (see Section 7.1.1 for more detail)
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Identifying Opportunities 51 Habitat Conversion through Wildlife Hazard Management Funding at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA) The Port of Seattle owned an active 50-acre golf course that was plagued with hazards from birds and other wildlife.
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52 Considerations for Establishing and Maintaining Successful Pollinator Programs on Airports Nonprofit Partnership Leads to Grant Funding Opportunities for Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport partners with the North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) , a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated individuals overcome employment barriers through job training and financial literacy education.
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Identifying Opportunities 53 in exchange for the restoration, creation, or enhancement of wetlands in one location to compensate for adverse impacts on wetlands in another location, usually caused by development. Landowners, including airports and DOTs, can benefit from selling wetland habitats on their property to parties (including developers)
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