Did you know that there are actions you can take to help pollinators? Everyone can play a role in ensuring that our environment, and the insects that work it, remain healthy.
- Be part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a campaign to register one million public and private gardens and landscapes to support pollinators. Learn how you can help protect pollinators though this campaign and The National Pollinator Garden Network.
- Help in your backyard: there are simple measures you can take to protect the pollinators that live there.Wondering what to plant in your area? Check out their free, regional planting guides!
- Participate in pollinator-friendly events. The NPS has partnered with different organizations such as Pollinator Partnership, to support pollinators. Your participation in events and initiatives sponsored by these organizations will help pollinators and their habitat. Each year the Pollinator Partnership organizes "National Pollinator Week" and agencies and organizations host events to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators including bees, birds, butterflies and bats.
- Spot a pollinator in a national park? The Pollinator Tracker project helps contribute to our knowledge of species diversity by photo-documenting pollinators using the iNaturalist app. Also you can help identify pollinators observed in parks by using the Identify tool in iNaturalist.
- Follow Explore Nature on Facebook, X, and Instagram for posts on pollinators during National Pollinator Week in June.