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The Monarch Joint Venture has developed a set of tools for transportation managers who want to enhance or maintain monarch habitat in roadside corridors. There are three main tools in the set:
1) GIS Landscape Prioritization Model that identifies roadsides with the greatest potential for high quality monarch habitat development.
2) Monarch Roadside Habitat Evaluation Tool that pairs a Rapid Assessment protocol for assessing current monarch habitat conditions along roadsides with a Habitat Calculator that computes monarch habitat quality scores for use in adaptive management.
3) Best management recommendations and communications materials for decision support.
Monarch Joint Venture developed these tools in partnership with the University of Minnesota, Oklahoma State University, Environmental Incentives, and the Xerces Society, with critical input from a variety of road program managers. This project builds on the leadership shown by many transportation departments in providing pollinator habitat and developing pollinator-friendly management practices.
To get involved or for more information contact Alison Cariveau (acariveau@monarchjointventure.org). To learn more about or to try the Landscape Prioritization Model or the Monarch Evaluation Tool, please see the links below or go to the full project website.
Please note that one must have an organizational (Enterprise) ArcGIS Online account in order to run the tools.
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Request the Landscape Prioritization Model | Download the Model Guide (for more info)
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Request the Roadside Habitat Evaluator Tool | Download the Evaluator Guide (for more info)
This project is supported by funding from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (Project 20-119).