Southwest Monarch Education Tour
There are large data gaps in the knowledge of monarch absence/presence in portions of the western United States especially Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and the deserts of California. The Southwest Monarch...
View ArticleEngaging Youth in Agricultural Communities as Leaders for Monarch Recovery
A leading cause for the decline of monarchs is loss of habitat, especially in the agricultural heartland of the Midwestern United States. The removal of natural vegetation between farm fields and the...
View ArticleMilkweed, Nectar Plants and Monarchs in Prairie Restorations
The MJV and many other conservation organizations are working throughout the monarch breeding range to restore monarch breeding habitat. To inform these conservation efforts, it is important to know...
View ArticleThe I-35 Monarch Highway
Branded as the "Monarch Highway," this is an initiative launched in 2015 to create a multi-state partnership bringing together state transportation agencies and other partners along Interstate-35...
View ArticleMidwest CRP Monitoring Project
Are you located in the Upper Midwest and have CRP? Contact the Monarch Lab to enroll your site in a monarch habitat research project on CRP sites! In the past few decades North American monarch...
View ArticleMonarch Conservation Science Partnership Integrated Monitoring Strategy
What is the Monarch Conservation Science Partnership? The Monarch Conservation Science Partnership (MCSP) is a group of scientists and conservation professionals from government, academia and NGOs....
View ArticleEstablishing Prairie Plantings
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) will establish prairie plantings on three sites containing both original prairie and also degraded areas to be improved, from just south of Kansas City, MO to just...
View ArticleMissouri Monarch Butterfly Habitat Education Campaign for Private Landowners
Missourians for Monarchs is a statewide collaborative bringing diverse interests together for monarch conservation. More than 90 percent of the land that makes up the state of Missouri is privately...
View ArticleIntegrated Vegetation Management on Pipeline Rights-of-way and Habitat...
Rights-of-way (ROWs), roadsides, and other neglected but importantly ubiquitous landscape features offer unique potential with regards to Monarch and pollinator conservation. These areas comprise...
View ArticleYouth Pollinator Habitat Program
As populations of monarchs and other pollinating insects continue to decline, more must be done to provide habitat for these important species as well as educating the general public. In addition to...
View ArticleMonarch Wings Across California
Monarch Wings Across California will support the western monarch migration through strategic habitat enhancements and novel research. In partnership with Caltrans, Ducks Unlimited, California...
View ArticleEducational Resources for Teachers to Accelerate Monarch Recovery
Sand County Foundation is working to connect high school educators and students with hands-on pollinator and monarch habitat projects on commercial farms and rural electric facilities. While they have...
View ArticleMonarch and Habitat Monitoring Addressing Data Gaps
The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) plays a large role in gathering of data to address important monarch conservation questions, however there are challenges to staying current in these...
View ArticlePartnering to expand the accessibility of the MCSP Monitoring Strategy in the...
Migratory monarchs have significantly declined over the last twenty years. To protect these beautiful, iconic pollinators, it is crucial that we understand their distribution, habitat availability and...
View ArticleShort Course in Southern California to Fill Key Data Gaps in the Western...
The Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count (WMTC, www.westernmonarchcount.org) is a volunteer citizen scientist driven effort managed by the Xerces Society that has produced an annual estimate of the...
View ArticleEngaging Wisconsinites in Monarch Conservation via Citizen Science
The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (NRF) will hold three monarch-specific trainings in Wisconsin to unify and increase the number of monarch citizen scientists in the state. Those who...
View ArticleEstablishing Prairie Plantings
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) will establish prairie plantings on three sites containing both original prairie and also degraded areas to be improved, from just south of Kansas City, MO to just...
View ArticleMissouri Monarch Butterfly Habitat Education Campaign for Private Landowners
Missourians for Monarchs is a statewide collaborative bringing diverse interests together for monarch conservation. More than 90 percent of the land that makes up the state of Missouri is privately...
View ArticleIntegrated Vegetation Management on Pipeline Rights-of-way and Habitat...
Rights-of-way (ROWs), roadsides, and other neglected but importantly ubiquitous landscape features offer unique potential with regards to Monarch and pollinator conservation. These areas comprise...
View ArticleYouth Pollinator Habitat Program
As populations of monarchs and other pollinating insects continue to decline, more must be done to provide habitat for these important species as well as educating the general public. In addition to...
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