Pollinator, Native Plant, and Pesticide Action Plans, Bylaws, Pathways, Policies, Ordinances, and Resolutions

 This is an ever-expanding list of community and county-level policies, so please let us know if we are missing something. An * denotes a town we have heard has a policy but we cannot find information on.

Please refer to our Groups and Conservation Organizations in our Network page for information on local groups working on pollinator support issues.

Pollinator Friendly Resolutions:

• Amherst, MA. Pollinator Friendly Community
• Arlington, MA. Sustainable Landscape Handbook (2023); Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, Arlington pledge details (pdf; 2025) 
• Belchertown *
• Berkshire County Pollinator and Native Plant Initiative (Berkshire Conservation District)
• Bridgewater, MA. Pollinator-Friendly Community
• Clarksburg, MA. Pollinator Friendly Community
• Conway, MA. Pollinator-Friendly Resolution
• Cummington, MA. Resolution Endorsing Protection of Pollinators and Enhancement of Pollinator Habitat
• Franklin County, MA. Pollinator Protection Program
• Great Barrington, MA. Pollinator-Friendly Community Resolution
• Hinsdale, MA. Approved a resolution to become a Pollinator-Friendly Community at the May 2019 town meeting
• Lanesborough *
• Lexington, MA. Certified Bee City
• Leyden, MA. Solar Zoning Bylaw. Relating to plants below solar arrays. See pages 8-9
• Lincoln, Pollinator Action Plan, March, 2021, 92 pg, by Evan Abramson. Background and partners.
• Littleton, MA. Natural Resources
• Monterey *
• North Adams *
• Northampton, MA. Pollinator Habitat Subcommittee
• Orleans, MA. Pollinator-Friendly Community
• Pelham *
• Petersham, MA. Open Space and Recreation Plan, mentions using native plants
• Plainfield *
• Tufts University, Medford, MA. Bee Campus USA
• Sheffield, MA. Pollinator-Friendly Community Resolution
• Southborough *
• Williamstown, MA. 2017 non-binding resolution passed at town meeting declared Williamstown a “pollinator-friendly” community
• Westhampton *

Native Planting Policies and Ordinances:

• Carlisle, MA. Native Planting Policy
• Ipswich, MA. Native Plant Policy
• Orleans, MA. Native Plantings Policy
• Somerville, MA. Native Planting Ordinance
• Wakefield, MA. Native Planting Policy

Pollinator Plans:

• Berkshire County, MA. Pollinator and Native Plant Initiative
• Colrain, MA. Pollinator Action Plan
• Egremont, MA. Pollinator Pathway
• Franklin County, MA. Regional Pollinator Plan
• Great Barrington, MA. Pollinator Action Plan
• Greenfield, MA. Pollinator Action Plan
• Lincoln, MA. Pollinator Action Plan
• Somerville, MA. Pollinator Action Plan

Pesticide Policies:

• Holyoke, MA. SGARs Ban
• Northampton, MA. Pesticide Reduction Report