Monarch Joint Venture Blog
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
MJV awarded NEEF biodiversity conservation grant to turn wildfire into a win for wildlife
Monarch Joint Venture is pleased to announce a new pollinator habitat restoration project in the Southern Plains, made possible by a Biodiversity Conservation Grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation. The project will restore and enhance over 1,100 acres of public land at the Concannon and Finney Wildlife Management Areas in southwest Kansas, in collaboration with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and Ducks Unlimited. Read More
Remembrance Forest joins the MJV Partner Network
The Monarch Joint Venture is pleased to welcome its newest partner, Remembrance Forest, to our national conservation network. Remembrance Forest offers a unique way for individuals across the country to contribute to long-term habitat restoration. By offering memorial and celebration tree plantings, the organization transforms personal tributes into thriving ecosystems. Read More
Welcoming Swallowtail to the MJV Network
The Monarch Joint Venture is excited to welcome Swallowtail as the newest member of the MJV partnership. Based in St. Louis and Kansas City, Swallowtail has been restoring ecosystems in Missouri and Kansas for the past 20 years, creating roughly 3,000 acres of wetland and stream mitigation banks that include restored prairies, wetlands, forests, and streams. This restoration benefits numerous species, including monarchs and other pollinators. Read More
MJV Welcomes Virginia Tech Conservation Management Institute to the Network
The Virginia Tech Conservation Management Institute (CMI) is a research and engagement center within the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech. Like MJV, CMI is a collaborative organization that works with both internal and external partners in its conservation efforts, working with state fish and wildlife agencies, federal lands, private conservation areas, and military installations to understand their needs and objectives and produce quality conservation solutions. Read More