Monarch Joint Venture Blog
Using the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program to assess habitat restoration
The Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program (IMMP) plays a vital role in understanding monarchs and efforts to conserve them across North America. The IMMP collects information on monarch presence, habitat use, and the habitat characteristics of a site. It can be used on specific random sites to build a representative picture of monarch habitat, or at self-selected sites for monitoring a site of interest. Read More
Tagging monarchs, planting hope: NIPSCO supports conservation across Northern Indiana
Earlier this fall, the Monarch Joint Venture teamed up again with volunteers from NIPSCO to catch, tag, and release monarch butterflies. The tags used were from the Monarch Watch tagging program, a large-scale community science project initiated in 1992 to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular fall migration through mark-and-recapture. Read More
Covia Foundation and Monarch Joint Venture expand partnership in 2025
The Monarch Joint Venture is excited to continue our partnership with the Covia Foundation to grow pollinator habitat and engage employees in conservation across the central United States. Read More
Small Actions, Big Impact: Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation by Sharing Your Observations!
The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition from 25 July to 3 August 2025, inviting individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to come together in a unique cross-border effort to protect one of North America's most iconic species: the monarch butterfly. Read More
Our First Moth Ball
We hosted our first Moth Ball on April 18th at our Prairie Oaks campus in Belle Plaine, MN. Read about what we found and how we found them. Read More