Progress 06/01/23 to 05/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:We recruited 149 new Master Melittologist wild bee surveyors at the Apprentice level from 10states (CA, ID, MA, MT, NM, NY, OK, OR, TX, WA). We launched a new Journey level program though the grantand have 30 participants enrolled. We have created a 28 member Advisory Committee representing commercial agriculture, forestry, beekeeping, state and federal agencies and volunteer users. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The data generated from the project has already shows applications and we have met with the NRCS PLANTS database team to discuss integration with their initiative, as well as with US Fish and Wildlife Service. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes, prototype data visualization tool has been presented to the Oregon Soil and Water Conservation District annual meeting, at the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District annual meeting, at the Oregon Master Gardener Mini-College, to a regional Oregon NRCS meeting and to three Oregon beekeeper clubs. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?- Launch the Plant-Pollinator Interaction Tool. - Add an additional 75,000 bee plant interactions. - To recruit 50 more Apprentice Master Melittologists and 10 more Journey Master Melittologists - Have the B-Team protocol completed and to have trained 25 volunteers
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1: Create the B-Team: a mobile volunteer team of certified Master Melittologists that can conduct intensive monitoring and surveys of bee biodiversity and bee host-plant associations. - We have already exceeded our original goal of training 100 new Apprenice level Master Melittologists, with 150 trained in the first year of the grant alone - We have begun building out the Apprentice-level B-Team training with filming for modules being planned for recording in New Mexico in May 2025 - We have completed our Journey level training and have 30 people enrolled with 4 people acredited. Goal 2: Inventory western lands for bee biodiversity and associated bee host plants. - These volunteers have generated approximately 42,000 bee-plant occurance records for Oregon,28,000 records for Washingon, 7,000 records in other Western regions since the grant began. We are close to exceeding the 100,000 minimum records outlined for all years of the grant in the first year. Goal 3: Develop a reporting tool for land managers to access records of bees collected on their lands and visualize the bee-plant host associations. - We have created a 28 member Advisory Committee representing commercial agriculture, forestry, beekeeping, state and federal agencies and volunteer users. The group has met three times in the first year, focusing on the data visualization tool. - We already have a functioning data visualization tool, which is in beta-testing - accessable at:https://imerss.github.io/imerss-bioinfo/indexBeasOBA.html
Publications
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