Pollinator Pathway Bend

Our MissionCreate and connect pesticide-free habitat for imperiled native pollinators.Our StoryPollinator Pathway Bendis a community-wide effort to create and connect pesticide-free pollinator habitat in the city of Bend, Oregon (and Central Oregon). We work with community stakeholders to plant and maintain pollinator habitat, and we educate the public about issues related to pollinator species. Basey Klopp began the pathway with a small group of volunteers in 2020, working with local businesses and the city and parks departments to get over 1000 plants in the ground that first year. She laid the framework for the current organization, now run by a Board of local residents, and the movement continues to grow. In 2023 we added more than 2000 native plants to the local environment, and in subsequent years of 2024 and 2025, have exceeded those numbers annually.Pollinator Pathway Bend became a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in 2023.