Celebrate Nebraska's pollinators June 16-22, 2025!
Pollinator Week is a seven-day celebration across North America. Here in Nebraska, we make a special effort to promote and share our love and excitement for pollinators. Each year, Nebraska Game and Parks hosts “Nebraska Pollinator Week,” recruiting interested organizations across the state to register and host one or more pollinator themed events during this fun week. This year, Pollinator Week is June 16-22, 2025.
Nebraska Game and Parks will host the Nebraska Pollinator Patrol, an effort to find and record as many pollinators as possible during the 2025 Pollinator Week.
Step 1: Find a pollinator (bee, butterfly, hummingbird, etc.)
Step 2: Snap a picture
Step 3: Upload to iNaturalist!
Other Nebraska Pollinator Week events are planned across the state. Find an event near you below.
| Event | Date & Time | Host | Location | Event website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Conservation Workshop | June 14, 1-4 p.m. | Monarch Joint Venture | Schramm Education Center, 21502 W. Hwy 31, Gretna | More details |
| Ponca Bioblitz | June 21, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. | Nebraska Game and Parks | Ponca State Park | More details |
| Pollinator Party | June 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Pollinator Alliance of the Heartland | Benson Bounty, 1111 Bellevue Blvd North, Bellevue, NE | More details |
| Pollinator Party | June 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Nebraska Game and Parks | Schramm Education Center, 21502 W. Hwy 31, Gretna | More details |
| Firefly Tracking: Community Science Day | June 21, 8:30-10:30 p.m. | Fontenelle Forest | 1111 Bellevue Blvd North, Bellevue, NE | More details |
Or explore the Pollinator Week events map on the national Pollinator Week site.
Nebraska Game and Parks is dedicated to conserving all pollinator species, but we need your help. Explore our resources below or get involved in pollinator conservation.
There is an urgent need to track monarchs across their range over time to better understand and adjust conservation measures. Thanks to the Wildlife Conservation Fund, a community science project is ongoing to monitor regal fritillaries and monarch butterflies.
The Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas is a community science project aimed at gathering the data needed to track and conserving bumble bees.
Monarch gardening is a very easy and rewarding activity and can even be completed in something as small as a flower pot! The recommended size of a monarch garden measures at least 100 square feet. However, plants and flowers can be incorporated into any mini-habitat in your garden, including as border plants along your vegetable gardens.
Monarchs are one of the most iconic pollinator species, but across North America, they are disappearing. Pesticide and herbicide use, deforestation of their wintering grounds in Mexico and loss of milkweed in the United States are three important reasons for their decline.
Nebraska Game and Parks is dedicated to conserving all pollinator species – including monarchs. To advance monarch conservation, we need more quality land management, more in depth research and more education for all residents.
Explore our related content below to learn more.
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