Three Rivers Park District is Newest Monarch Joint Venture Partner
Minnesota’s Three Rivers Park District is the newest MJV partner. The District has been actively managing native habitat for a wide variety of wildlife and invertebrates and using monarchs in their...
View ArticleMonarch Joint Venture Partners Plan for 2016 Conservation Actions
This November, over 50 representatives from 26 of nearly 40 Monarch Joint Venture partner organizations came together for the 7th MJV Annual Meeting. The meeting provides an opportunity for all MJV...
View ArticleMonarch Habitat on Farms in the Agricultural Midwest: An update from the field
Our partners working to install demonstration sites in agricultural areas of the Midwest have made great progress this fall! With help from local farmers and their land, our partner experts were able...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from the Monarch Joint Venture!
For people, the holidays are a season of gathering, reflection and giving thanks. For monarchs, winter is also a time of gathering and waiting for the next journey that awaits them. As you think of...
View Article2016 Monarch Conservation Implementation Plan
As a growing partnership, the MJV is excited to be a part of a rapidly growing conservation movement. A 2014 Presidential Memorandum (Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and...
View ArticleCounting Western Monarchs
Written by Candy Sarikonda, Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist and Wild Ones Ohio Member. The fall monarch butterfly migration is a spectacular phenomenon. Since monarchs cannot survive freezing...
View ArticleScience Coordinator Joins the MJV Team
The Monarch Joint Venture is happy to expand our staff team and welcome Holly Holt as the MJV Science Coordinator! As the Science Coordinator, Holly will be working with MJV partners towards advancing...
View ArticleExpanding Urban Conservation with New MJV Partner: The Field Museum
We are happy to announce The Field Museum of Chicago is the newest MJV partner, bringing their urban conservation perspectives and expertise to monarch conservation. Their partnership is spurred by a...
View ArticleMonarch Joint Venture Welcomes Sand County Foundation as Newest Partner
Header photo: David and Leslie Meuer (right) are recognized by Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Ben Brancel (far left) and Sand County Foundation CEO Brent Haglund (second from left) upon receiving...
View ArticleWestern Monarch Overwintering Population Counts Released
The results of the western monarch overwintering population count have been released! Overall, the results show a slight increase in number of western monarchs since last winter. Many southern...
View Article“Mowing: Best Practices for Monarchs” – New MJV Handout
When maintaining a native plant habitat for monarchs or other pollinators, proper management is a must. Mowing is one practice that can help control woody vegetation or weedy species and prevent...
View ArticleOhio Pollinator Habitat Initiative Becomes MJV Partner
The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is a state based network that was formed in an effort to improve pollinator awareness and habitat across the state. Their strategic network of partners...
View ArticlePheasants Forever’s Honey Bee & Monarch Butterfly Partnership Selected...
MJV partner Pheasants Forever was recently identified as the lead partner on a monarch and pollinator conservation project through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). This investment...
View ArticlePopulation Numbers for Eastern Monarchs Increase During 2015-16 Season
After a season with excellent weather conditions for monarch breeding and migrating, we have been anxiously awaiting the release of the 2015-16 eastern monarch population estimates. As released today...
View ArticleMonarch Butterfly Conservation Fund 2016 Request for Proposals
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has announced approximately $3.9 million in funding for monarch conservation projects through the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund. The funding will be...
View ArticleMJV joins forces with WWF U.S. to expand monarch conservation efforts in the...
We’re excited to announce the newest partner of the MJV, World Wildlife Fund (WWF). One of the world’s largest conservation organizations, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million...
View ArticleNew Research Indicates Eastern Monarch Population at Risk of Extinction
A new study by the Monarch Conservation Science Partnership reveals there is a substantial probability of “quasi-extinction” of the Eastern monarch butterfly migratory population within 20 years if...
View ArticleMJV Welcomes Armand Bayou Nature Center
We are pleased to announce the Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) as the newest Monarch Joint Venture partner. Their reach to a broad audience, management of many acres of wilderness habitat, and...
View ArticleMonarch Joint Venture Welcomes Environmental Defense Fund as New Partner
Recent reports say the monarch butterfly faces a high probability of extinction in the next two decades if conservation efforts cannot reverse the loss of critical milkweed habitat. To help put the...
View ArticleNewest MJV Partner Naturedigger is Going Mobile with Monarch Citizen Science
Naturedigger is bringing their experience as environmental based app developers to the Monarch Joint Venture partnership. As part of the MJV, Naturedigger will work to promote and spotlight MJV...
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