policy summary

The Protecting Native Pollinators working group is exploring policy options to protect the food system through protecting and enhancing pollinator health and habitats through land use policies, reduced pesticide use on city property, and public education. Pollinators, such as bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and bats are incredibly important to food production, but these animals are losing their habitats in Colorado. As the loss of pollinator habitat is a human-made issue, the effects can only be reversed through human action. In April 2024 the SFPC voted to approve the Protecting Native Pollinators Issue Brief, and is presently working on development of a Mayoral Advisory to make policy recommendations for Mayor Mike Johnson. The working group adopted a Mayoral Advisory to make policy recommendations to Mayor Mike Johnson to support protections for native pollinators in February 2025.