Monarch Joint Venture Blog
Walking with the Monarchs: A Journey into Central Mexico
Guest author, Melanie Michaelchuk, shares her experience visiting overwintering monarchs in Mexico. Read More
Habitat projects in the West: Highlighting some of our 2025 partnerships
Work continues to restore pollinator habitat across the western landscape. We're working with partners to ensure that insects, animals, and humans continue to benefit from a thriving, interconnected environment. Here are some of our 2025 partnerships from California. Read More
MJV Welcomes The Pizzo Group to the Partner Network
The Monarch Joint Venture is excited to welcome the Pizzo Group, an ecological restoration group based in Leland, Illinois, to the MJV partnership. The Pizzo Group, with the monarch butterfly as its logo, recognizes the importance of preserving habitat for monarchs and other pollinators. The organization was founded in 1988 based on a passion for the preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems. Read More
Western Monarch Count marks another low year at coastal overwintering sites
From late November through early December 2025, hundreds of volunteers and partners participated in the effort, surveying 249 overwintering sites and recording a peak population of just 12,260 monarchs. While this is a slight increase from last season's 9,119, it is the third-lowest tally since the count began in 1997. Read More
Welcoming Nebraska Monarchs to the MJV Partner Network
The Monarch Joint Venture would like to welcome Nebraska Monarchs to the MJV partnership. Nebraska Monarchs provides free native plants and garden plans on its website to help community groups and individuals create their own micro-habitats and make a measurable impact on the amount and quality of pollinator habitat in Omaha and surrounding areas. In addition to free plant giveaways, the organization provides education through its website, social media channels, and community events. Read More