Online Film Screening: Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators with Q&A to follow
Date: February 18
Time: 6:00 PM PT
Join the Monarch Joint Venture and filmmaker, Ian A. Nelson, online on Wednesday, February 18th for a free viewing of Ian's new film Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators. The screening will start at 6:00pm PT with an introduction to MJV and the film. Then the film will run for 76 minutes. Stay after the screening for a Q&A with Ian and Monarch Joint Venture’s Western Program Coordinator, Erin Arnsteen, and Western Science Manager, Sarah Gomes Swanson.
As western monarch butterflies face the risk of extinction, communities across the Western United States are restoring wild and urban habitats—showing that everyone can play a role in conservation and that protecting monarch butterflies also supports many other native pollinators.
Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators follows the western monarch’s remarkable migration across the West. Filmmaker Ian A. Nelson documents both the butterflies’ dramatic decline and the scientists and communities working to protect them, weaving together stunning imagery, scientific efforts, and personal stories that highlight the importance of monarchs and native pollinators to ecosystem health, food systems, and human connection.
Donations from the screening support Monarch Joint Venture’s Western Habitat Fund to advance western monarch conservation through habitat restoration, science, education, and partnerships west of the Rocky Mountains.
Learn more about Ian Nelson here.
Event Date
02/18/2026, 08:00 PM CST
Event Location
Virtual Event
Organization
Monarch Joint Venture