Press & Media Index
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.
Media Contact: communications@monarchjointventure.org
MJV in the Media
The MJV has been highlighted in the following media pieces:
Push for monarch butterfly endangered status continues
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- AXIOS
The US FWS is considering listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species, reopening public comments through May 19. With populations down over 80%, conservationists urge action while communities like San Antonio support local habitat efforts. Read More
Rural Missouri communities help monarch butterflies with or without federal listing
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- Columbia Missourian
Rural Missouri communities are taking action to protect monarch butterflies, with or without an endangered species listing. From tagging efforts to habitat restoration, landowners, farmers, and local groups are planting native species and preserving pollinator habitat. Missouri is leading the way with strong partnerships and conservation programs. Read More
Help save bees and butterflies on the brink this Giving Tuesday
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- CNN
On Giving Tuesday, you can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinction, according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Read More
Monarch Joint Venture spreads its wings to Belle Plaine
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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
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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