Pollinator habitat and forage-continuity audit (Xerces Society approach) — site / national.

A site can look green and still starve pollinators — a lawn in bloom for two weeks a year, no bare ground or dead stems to nest in, and a spray schedule that lands on the only bloom left. The Xerces Society's habitat-assessment approach scores exactly those gaps — bloom continuity, nesting habitat, pesticide risk — so a site owner gets a named, dated fix list instead of a vague 'plant natives' suggestion.

Where

On-site with the property / national (any yard, garden, park, farm, or natural-area site) · Open the map

Pay

$125 proposed

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Proof

A category-scored habitat audit (foraging by season, nesting habitat by type, pesticide practices, buffer distances) against the matching Xerces guide, with a dated, ownable fix plan for every named gap

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2027-01-27

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• The Xerces Society Habitat Assessment Guide and scoresheet matched to the site type (yard/garden/park, farm/ag landscape, natural area/rangeland, or species-specific form)
• A regional native-plant / bloom-period reference list
• A tape measure or paced-distance method for estimating habitat area and buffer/setback distances
• The site's known pesticide-use history where available

Steps

1. 1. Select the matching Xerces guide/scoresheet for the site type and record the site boundary and total area.
2. 2. Foraging Habitat: walk the site and tally pollinator-friendly bloom present in spring, summer, and fall SEPARATELY — a season with no blooming forage is a named gap, not just a lower score.
3. 3. Nesting Habitat: survey for both ground-nesting conditions (bare or sparsely vegetated, well-drained soil) and cavity/stem-nesting material (dead wood, pithy or hollow stems, bunch grasses left standing); record presence/absence and rough extent of each.
4. 4. Pesticide Practices: record known spray history, timing relative to bloom, and any buffer/setback from foraging or nesting habitat; note drift risk from neighboring land.
5. 5. Score each category per the guide's point system (Foraging up to 100, Nesting up to 50, Pesticide Practices up to 35, Community Action up to 40) and total the site score.
6. 6. Where the site falls within an ESA-listed pollinator's range (e.g. the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis), apply the matching Xerces species-specific habitat form; OBSERVE only, never handle or collect the species.
7. 7. Write the improvement plan the site owner actually owns: named gaps by category with concrete, dated next steps (species to plant for the missing bloom season, no-mow/no-spray zones, etc.).
8. 8. Set the re-audit date and record the baseline score for trend.

What counts as done

• Bloom presence assessed separately for spring, summer, and fall, with any season lacking forage named as a gap
• Both ground-nesting and cavity/stem-nesting habitat surveyed and recorded (presence/absence and rough extent)
• Pesticide-use history and buffer/setback distances recorded against actual site practice
• A dated, site-owner-actionable improvement plan recorded for every category gap found

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.