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Since 2009, the Monarch Joint Venture has helped steer monarch conservation planning and implementation efforts on a broad scale by bringing together partners from across the United States, Mexico, and Canada in a unified effort to conserve the monarch migration. The MJV expertise has informed publications, films, and other media internationally.

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MJV in the Media

The MJV has been highlighted in the following media pieces:

Monarch Joint Venture spreads its wings to Belle Plaine

Oct 04, 2024

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  • Henderson Independent News

Volunteers gathered in the warm, humid late afternoon on Thursday, Sept. 19, at Monarch Joint Ventures’ Prairie Oak campus in Belle Plaine for a singular purpose. To plant a pollinator garden in memory of one of Prairie Oaks Institute’s founders, Kim Devine-Johnson. But a late monarch migration gave them an unexpected bonus activity — tagging and releasing monarch butterflies. Read More

Monarch Butterfly Migration

Oct 03, 2024

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  • KSTP-TV
  • Minnesota Live

This is an abnormal year for butterfly migration. Monarchs should be traveling to Mexico right now, but many are still in Minnesota. Rita Morris from Monarch Joint Venture tells us why this could be and how to protect monarchs. Read More

‘Every tree used to be blanketed with them’: photographer captures campaign to save monarch butterfly

Sep 29, 2024

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  • The Guardian

Jaime Rojo has been following the fate of the monarch butterfly for more than 20 years. In the process the Spanish photographer has watched one of the planet’s most colourful, flamboyant insect species succumb to the combined onslaught of habitat destruction, climate change, pesticides, drought and wildfires. Its population has crashed in the process. Read More

Monarch festival celebrates spectacular migration; but the iconic butterflies numbers are down

Sep 07, 2024

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  • CBS News

Hundreds packed Lake Nokomis Park Saturday for music, food and dance, celebrating one of the most spectacular insect migrations in the world. But amid the festivities, is an unsettling observation made among many monarch lovers. Read More

Restoring habitat for monarch butterflies

Aug 30, 2024

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  • 9NEWS

Buckley Space Force Base is helping make their land a better home for monarch butterflies. Read More