Monarch Joint Venture Blog
More than monarchs: novel ways to monitor the wildlife benefits of CRP habitat
The Conservation Reserve Program provides private landowners with financial assistance to convert highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland to vegetative cover. Providing financial incentives for private landowners to create and maintain wildlife habitat can be a key piece of the puzzle to achieving these large-scale conservation goals, not only for monarchs but for all wildlife. 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
CPKC supports MJV in restoring habitat and expanding education access
A new grant from Canadian Pacific Kansas City will help the Monarch Joint Venture expand pollinator conservation efforts by enhancing habitat restoration, translating educational resources into Spanish, and increasing community engagement opportunities that benefit monarchs and other pollinators. Read More
10 of Habitat Manager Jake Koenig's favorite fall blooms
Fall-blooming flowers give us one last hurrah before temperatures drop and we settle in for winter, but they also provide important nectar for monarchs making the trip south. When you're thinking about what you want your garden or habitat space to look like at this time next year, consider adding some of these flowers. 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