DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A license plate with origins in DeKalb County could be seen on Indiana cars as soon as 2026. The pollinator license plate is an effort to support Indiana's local pollinators and environment. Pollinators can be many things including butterflies and bees. They move p ollen around from plants and keep the agricultural economies growing. "You think about there's a ripple effect," the woman behind the plate Lisa Conrad said. "So if we don't have the pollinators then we won't have the flowers, if we don't have the flowers then that ripples down to the animals that eat the corn and the people that eat the animals and so there is a huge ripple effect so we need to be taking care of our pollinators so that we can keep that healthy environment." Lisa said that there has been a concern about the decline in pollinators for a while. The biggest risk to them are pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. The pollinator license plate needs 500 signatures by April 1 for the application to be turned in to the Indiana BMV. If the application is approved by the BMV the plate will be an additional $40. $15 of that fee goes to the BMV and $25 goes to the Pollinator Partnership for Pollinator Conservation. "A lot of people think well I'll plant a few things and they want to do something but they don't know really what they can do. Adopting the license plate and purchasing the license plate will help provide awareness it will help raise money for the pollinators and the actions that take place in Indiana think about that beautiful license plate on a cold wintery day when you are driving there is that hope of spring just around the corner," Lisa said. People who sign the petition must be Indiana drivers who have the intention to purchase the pollinator plate. They must have an address and physical signature. To receive a petition with 10 names email bflyfriends@gmail.com. ...read more read less