Pollinators Without Borders
Monarch butterflies, native bees, migratory hummingbirds, and nectar-feeding bats don’t recognize national borders — and neither does the work of protecting them.
One Shared Responsibility, Spread Across Many Countries
Pollinators Without Borders connects organizations, communities, Rotary clubs, educators, and conservation partners across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Monarch butterflies breed across Canada and the U.S. and overwinter in the mountain forests of central Mexico. Rufous and ruby-throated hummingbirds move between Mexico, Central America, and breeding grounds as far north as Alaska. Lesser long-nosed bats travel a nectar corridor of agave stretching from southern Mexico into the Sonoran Desert. Because pollinator life cycles cross borders, their conservation must be international too.
What the Network Focuses On
Native Habitat Restoration
Milkweed, nectar plants, and agave corridors that fuel migration and everyday pollination.
Migratory Corridor Protection
Safeguarding the flyways and nectar corridors monarchs, hummingbirds, and bats travel every year.
Community & Citizen Science
Tagging programs, sighting reports, and habitat counts that power real conservation data.
Cross-Border Partnerships
Linking Rotary clubs, NGOs, and communities in every country pollinators pass through.
A Family of Cross-Border Initiatives
Pollinators Without Borders is one part of a wider network of Rotary- and ESRAG-affiliated conservation initiatives working across the U.S.–Mexico border and beyond:
Monarchs Without Borders
The closest sister site — a continental hub focused specifically on monarch butterfly conservation and the overwintering forests of central Mexico.
Building Bridges Through Rotary
A Rotary-led network advancing peacebuilding, water, health, education, and environmental projects across the border.
One Million Drops
A Rotary-affiliated global initiative for clean water access, watershed protection, and water innovation.
The Alluvium Project
A sister initiative focused on river-corridor and watershed stewardship in the borderlands region.
Tijuana River Project
Raising awareness of the pollution crisis in the Tijuana River Valley & Estuary — critical habitat for hundreds of bird species.
Every Backyard Is Part of the Corridor
Whether you plant one milkweed pot on a balcony or coordinate an agave restoration project with your Rotary club, you’re part of the same continental effort.