Improving Pollinator Habitat on McConnell AFB Handout

Improving Pollinator Habitat on McConnell AFB Handout
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Improving Pollinator Habitat on McConnell Air Force Base CART Case Study Handout

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) partnered with McConnell AFB to integrate native plants onto the base, a nature-based solution, to both support pollinators, reduce maintenance costs resulting from storm water damage, and increase resilience to flooding. To achieve project success, partners needed to build understanding within the AFB and greater Wichita community that pollinator conservation was important and that changes to base landscaping would not increase grounds maintenance costs.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/improving-pollinator-habitat-mcconnell-air-force-base

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