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Director, Center for Pollinators in Energy distributed Pollinator-friendly seed mix used on all sites 100 MW solar array Largest single-site array Pollinator-friendly seed mix from Minnesota Native Landscapes used Nebraska Public Kearney, NE

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Director, Center for Pollinators in Energy

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distributed Pollinator-friendly seed mix used on all sites

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100 MW solar array Largest single-site array Pollinator-friendly seed mix from Minnesota Native Landscapes used

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Nebraska Public Kearney, NE Solar array seeded native plants inclu

  • Purple Prairiec
  • Indian Blanket
  • Four Point Ev
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nomic analysis of wild pollinator tribution to 10 major crops. early all cases and especially for atoes, blueberries, melons, cucum uash, apples, peaches, and bell pepp ss revenues increase directly becau installation of pollinator habitat—a t’s even after subtracting out lementation costs.

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toration of ecosystem services of solar sites llinator services through maintenance of solar-pollinator t of regional flowering plants and soil preparation metho solar facility footprint area (e.g., beneath PV panels) and/o cent to the solar facility, that attract and support insect

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No Vegetation Turf Grass Onsite Pollinator Offsite Pollinator

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Amount of Highly Pollinator-Dependent Agricu Facilities

>40% dependence (e.g., Aizen et al. 2009)

N 90,000 acres

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Co-lo locatio ion n of sola lar r &

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llinator-friendly solar standards...” hese meadows, filled with native flowering , will create as much bee and butterfly habitat s were to each plant six-by-twelve-foot

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constitutes “pollinator-fri the context of a solar arra

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cent wildflowers cent native species ersity of species easons flowering earby assets nage? Mgt plan? ecticide risk

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l solar project to turn land into ator haven

e integration of a vegetation plan into the overall site design pportunity to proactively support the local farming communities,” EGP-NA representatives wrote in an email the Aurora solar project uses pollinator friendly seed mix and cies and wildlife which results in prairie grasses and flowers site that contribute to the growth of pollinator species ese species like bees and monarch butterflies are critical to pollination and production of local crops and the d health of farmland and native landscapes.”

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Thank you

Rob Da Directo Energy Fresh En davis@f www.fre