OUR SUCCESSES

Championed and helped to pass Colorado’s first Native Pollinating Insects Protection Study bill (SB22-199), which will be critical in making informed conservation decisions about the protection of the state's native pollinators.

Championed a state resolution designating I-76 as Colorado’s first pollinator highway (2017) and launched the pilot planting project in 2018. Our partnership with CDOT continues with new pollinator plantings along Hwy 119 (2021).

Co-created and co-host the annual Colorado Pollinator Summit (2015-2022) with Denver Botanic Gardens and The Butterfly Pavilion; and co-lead the Colorado Pollinator Network

Worked with Governors Hickenlooper and Polis to designate June as Colorado Pollinator Month (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Co-hosted, with Beyond Pesticides, two organic turf pilot projects in the City of Longmont to transition conventionally-managed parks to organic (2019)

Introduced Colorado’s first omnibus Pollinator & Human Health bill (SB22-131), which sought solutions to protect children’s health, preserve pollinator biodiversity and allow communities to make decisions about pesticide use. 

Recruited 2,300+ individuals and businesses to take our pollinator-safe pledge to use pollinator-safe practices on their properties

Helped to pass Pollinator Resolutions in 9 CO governments (City of Boulder, Boulder County, City of Lafayette, City of Longmont, City of Denver, Town of Berthoud, City of Cherry Hills Village, Larimer County, City of Loveland)

Co-created (with the Clean Label Project) Colorado’s first environmental health coalition focused on the environmental and human health nexus. (2019)

Worked with the Department of Natural Resources to spearhead a new, comprehensive pollinator policy for state lands (2018)

Championed and helped to pass the new Colorado Pollinator License Plate bill (2021)—sales of which will support vital pollinator conservation and advocacy programs across the state.

Introduced Colorado’s first bill (SB20-189) to repeal state preemption of pesticide use—authorizing local governments to regulate pesticide use and application (2020) 

Create training opportunities for government and commercial pesticide applicators

Launched the Colorado Native Landscaping Coalition.

Successfully advocated for new rules for Colorado’s Pesticide Applicators’ Act, which governs the Pesticide Advisory Committee, to mandate the inclusion of beekeepers and organic farmers and to create requirements informing the public of actions taken against workers who violate pesticide application rules