Pollinator Stewards commit to 2-3 (or more) visits during the season to specific locations near where they live. This is a way to get more deeply involved in pollinator conservation.

The information you’ll provide helps agencies, organizations, and others plan effective strategies for conservation. It will ensure that conservation funding is directed to the right places in Utah, meaning protection will be given to the species and habitats with most value to monarchs and bumble bees. Without these data from citizen scientists, decisionmakers would essentially have to base conservation actions off of their best guess.

Currently, the specific areas Utah monarchs are using for breeding is unknown—though this information is crucial to the conservation of the species. And when it comes to bumble bees, scientists are at ground zero for understanding which species use Utah habitats and to what degree.

With these "blank spots" in our wildlife data illuminated, decisionmakers can target specific goals that help the species and habitats that need it most.