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Since 2009, Monarch Joint Venture has played a leading role in monarch conservation by coordinating efforts across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Through collaboration with diverse partners, MJV supports large-scale conservation planning and action to protect the monarch migration. Our expertise has contributed to publications, films, and other media worldwide.

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MJV in the Media

The MJV has been highlighted in the following media pieces:

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

Conservation efforts target monarchs as ESA decision looms

May 20, 2024

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  • E&E News

Bound by a court settlement, the Fish and Wildlife Service is supposed to decide by early December whether the monarch warrants listing as threatened or endangered. Although the agency misses many Endangered Species Act deadlines, it appears determined to meet this one after several years of study. Read More