The Cayuga Waterfront Trail is a certified Pollinator Pathway! Pollinator Pathways are public and private pesticide-free corridors of native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinating insects and birds. Even the smallest green spaces, like flower boxes and curb strips, can be part of a pathway.

The Pollinator Pathway project is organized by volunteers from town conservation organizations working together to establish pollinator-friendly habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife along a series of continuous corridors.  Most native bees have a range of about 750 meters, so the goal is to connect properties that are no farther apart than that. 

The Tompkins Pollinator Pathway is a collaboration between Cornell and the Tompkins County community whose mission is to bring people together to plant, conserve, and connect pollinator habitats across the county.