5.1 Management of Pollinator Habitat Along Right-of-Way Corridors and a Case Study: Jekyll Island Causeway

Biodiversity is critical to sustaining life on earth and helping to mitigate many of the effects of climate change. Consequently, it is important for organizations to consider how their actions affect the various communities and forms of life on earth. This session will focus on the importance of pollinators, their habitat, and how to manage for pollinator habitat along infrastructure corridors. The session will also include a special case study describing how Georgia Power Company partnered with the Jekyll Island Authority to enhance over five miles of pollinator habitat along the Jekyll Island Causeway following a transmission line upgrade project.