Stay informed about the latest in monarch conservation by joining our free monthly webinar series! This series is a unique opportunity to hear from experts across various interdisciplinary fields related to monarchs, other pollinators, their habitats, and the threats and pressures that make conservation urgent. Bring your questions and get ready to discover how you can get involved to protect monarchs.
While this series is free to attend, donations to support our programs are greatly appreciated. Your contributions help us continue our vital work for monarch conservation. Donations can be made while registering.
Details:
- When: Monthly one-hour webinars at 1:00 PM Central Time (2:00 PM ET | 12:00 PM MT | 11:00 AM PT).
- Registration: Register once to receive access to all webinars in the series.
- Recordings & Resources: Following each webinar, we’ll email a recording link and any additional resources shared during the session to those registered.
- Webinar Archive: All webinars will be posted on our archive for later viewing.
Please note that scheduled webinars are subject to change. If you have questions, feel free to contact us at learn@monarchjointventure.org.
Interested in sponsoring the webinar series and MJV's Virtual Programming in 2026? Email learn@monarchjointventure.org for the new prospectus.
2026 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series
- January 27: Community to Conservation: How participatory science is closing knowledge gaps and driving conservation presented by Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture and Rich Hatfield, Xerces Society
- February 24: Designing Monarch Overwintering Habitat in California: Advances in Measuring Canopy Structure and Modeling Microclimate, presented by Stu Weiss, Creekside Science
- March 24: A Journey Through the Monarch’s Winter Home: The Sights, Sounds, and Science of the migratory monarch butterfly colonies, presented by Court Whelan, MJV Board Member, Natural Habitat Adventures
- April 28: Milkweed Biodiversity: Exceptional plants and natural history, presented by Anurag Agrawal, Cornell University
- May 19: Stories That Move Monarchs: Journeys of Action, Hope, and Conservation presented by Charles-Étienne Ferland, Mission Monarch and Sara Dykman, Author
- June 23: Mapping and Maximizing Monarch Habitat Outcomes on Federal Conservation Lands, presented by Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture
- July 28: Earth, Wind, and Fire: Impacts of Prescribed Burning and Extreme Weather events on Butterfly Populations in South Texas, presented by Rebecca Zerlin, University of Minnesota
- August 25: Soil - The Foundation for Thriving Habitat, presented by Brandi McCoy, Thriving Lands
- September 22: Seeds of Change: How Volunteers Power Prairie Restoration, presented by Angela Grill, Three Rivers Park District, Steve Solbrack and Elizabeth Andress, Twin Cities Rotary EcoClub
- October 27: Pollinator Habitat Conservation and the Energy Sector: NiSource Case Study, presented by Steve Barker, NiSource
- November 17: Coming Soon!
- December 15: Fighting Invasives at Home presented by Jack Pizzo, Pizzo Habitat Restoration
2025 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series
- January 28: Monarch Butterfly Conservation on Department of Defense Lands, presented by Stephanie Hertz, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Mercy Manzanares, Monarch Joint Venture, and Dejeanne May, Environment for the Americas
- February 25: The Butterfly (and Bumble Bee) Effect: Voluntary Conservation for At-Risk Species, presented by Caroline Hernandez and Catherine O-Reilly, Sustainable Landscapes Program, University of Illinois Chicago
- March 25: Grasslands Ecology 101: Disturbance Ecology, presented by Brittany Smith, Monarch Joint Venture and Logan Shoup, Ducks Unlimited
- April 22: Getting Youth Involved with Monarchs, presented by Susan Meyers, Monarchs Across Georgia Committee of the Environmental Education Alliance, and Alejandra Vieyra, Jessica Hernández Jerónimo, and Tatiana Sánchez Rodríguez, Papalomeh
- May 20: Monarchs in Action: Youth-Led Conservation Projects and Initiatives, presented by Rayna Lambert and Morton Freshman Center students
- June 17: Habitat Monitoring with the Monarch Joint Venture, presented by Jennifer Thieme and Alex Carroll, Monarch Joint Venture and Alex Palmerlee, Far View Ranch and RedBoot Ecology
- July 22: The Science of Radio Tagging Monarchs, presented by Sean Burcher, Cape May Point Science Center; Ashley Fisher, Xerces Society; and Lee Brown and Helen St. John, James Madison University
- August 26: Building a framework for a national native seed strategy in Canada and incorporating a two-eyed seeing approach into the Southern Ontario Seed Strategy, presented by Carolyn Callaghan, Canadian Wildlife Federation and Samantha Whiteye and Jennifer Nantais, Carolinian Canada Coalition
- September 23: Farming for Monarchs: How Monarch Habitat and Agriculture Can Coexist, presented by Brittany Smith and Jake Koenig, Monarch Joint Venture
- October 28: Native Garden Design and Climate Resilient Landscaping, presented by Sara Ressing, Wild Ones
- November 18: Community-Driven Conservation: How Alternare A.C. Protects Monarch Habitats presented by Karen Vega, Altenare A.C.
- December 16: Climate change effects on the timing of monarch life history events presented by Dylan MacArthur-Waltz, PhD Candidate in the Yang Lab at UC Davis
Monarch Conservation Mini Series in Spanish/ Miniserie sobre la Conservación de la mariposa monarca en español
Join the Monarch Joint Venture for the Monarch Conservation Webinar Mini Series in Spanish. These webinars will be entirely in Spanish. Translated captions are available for many languages.
Únase a Monarch Joint Venture para la miniserie sobre la conservación de la mariposa monarca en español. Estes seminarios web será íntegramente en español. Los subtítulos traducidos están disponibles en muchos idiomas.
- Abril 10: WiNN Monarca, el rol de las mujeres en la conservación presentado por Elizabeth Espinoza Hernández, Co-Fundadora y Coordinadora Administrativa de la organización Ambiomas Acciones y Respuestas Adaptativas
- April 10: WiNN Monarch, the role of women in conservation presented by Elizabeth Espinoza Hernández, Co-Founder and Administrative Coordinator, Ambiomas Actions and Adaptive Responses