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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:

Colorado's Buckley Space Force Base protects monarch butterflies with new conservation efforts

Aug 29, 2024

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  • CBS News

When you think of military bases, wildlife preservation may not come to mind, but members of the military are actually very good stewards of the land, and it's no different at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado. Read More

Buckley Space Force Base joins effort to preserve habitat important to migrating monarch butterflies

Aug 29, 2024

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  • Denver7- ABC

Buckley Space Force Base is partnering with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Monarch Joint Venture to preserve a habitat important to migrating monarch butterflies. Read More

Summer monarch counts are down in Wisconsin

Aug 27, 2024

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  • Wisconsin Public Radio

Volunteers counting the insects say they saw fewer in 2024 than years prior Read More

Monarch Migration: Winged Wonders on the Move

Jul 24, 2024

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  • Buckley Space Force Base

Buckley’s Natural Resources Program is working to restore approximately 1,000 acres of shortgrass prairie habitat by planting native nectar-rich plants and milkweed species to support monarchs and other pollinators. The Natural Resources Program is also partnering with Monarch Joint Venture and Monarch Watch to implement the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program and Monarch Watch Tagging Program on the installation. Read More

Take Action This Pollinator Week

Jun 17, 2024

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  • Blue Thumb: Planting for Clean Water

June 17-23, 2024, is Pollinator Week! Initiated and managed by Pollinator Partnership, National Pollinator Week was designated in 2008 by the U.S. Senate as a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. In the years since Pollinator Week has grown into an international celebration of all that pollinators do for our ecosystems and an opportunity to spread the word about what we can do to protect them. Read More