Pollinator Habitat Help Desk for Private Working Lands
Navigating the many resources available to plant and maintain pollinator habitats can be overwhelming. That's where our Pollinator Habitat Help Desk comes in—a free resource uniquely positioned to support owners and managers of private working lands. We collaborate with a vast network of partner organizations to provide targeted, regionally appropriate guidance for habitat goals of any size.
Contact us by phone or email—we look forward to hearing from you!
Phone: 1-337-HABITAT (337-422-4828) Email: habitat@monarchjointventure.org
Our Habitat Coordinators are available to support pollinator habitat efforts in California's Central Valley and the Midwestern United States. Whether you're looking to restore habitat on your land, improve existing habitat, or implement better pollinator practices like a pollinator-friendly mowing schedule, we're here to help!
Areas of Assistance for Agriculture Producers
- Purchasing Native Plants: Guidance on where to buy native plants for pollinator habitat.
- Cost-Effective Seeds/Plants: Opportunities to access free or reduced-cost seeds or plants.
- Equipment Rental: Information on where to rent equipment for habitat creation.
- Habitat Certification Programs: Assistance with navigating available certification programs.
- Cost-Share Incentive Programs: Support for finding and navigating cost-share incentive programs.
- Farm Bill Programs: Help to find Farm Bill programs that suit your needs.
- Regional Resources and Practitioners: Connecting you to a network of regional resources and practitioners.
Let us help you make a difference for pollinators on your private working lands!
Additional Habitat Resources
There are lots of resources to explore in our Downloads & Links tab, but below, our habitat team has compiled some of their favorites!
- Get Involved: Agricultural Producer MJV webpage
- How to Create Healthy Pollinator Habitat, Planting habitat in pocket prairies and large-scale areas in the Midwest
- Gardening for Monarchs, Creating habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators
- Mowing and Management: Best Practices for Monarchs, provides regional timeframes during which management activities such as mowing may be less detrimental to local monarch populations.
- Monarch Community Science, Volunteer contributions to understanding an iconic insect
- Monarch & Milkweed Misconceptions, Exploring common myths and misconceptions
- Pollinator Habitat Establishment and Management Guide (Developed by the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund)