Landowner Release of Liability Form & Information Disclosure
Biological data entered into the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program may be shared with researchers upon request and approval from the Monarch Joint Venture. No personal information (e.g., names, contact information) is shared. If data are being collected and/or submitted by someone other than the landowner, the landowner must sign an agreement to grant the release of these data to the IMMP. Landowners have the option to mask the data to a broader space if they prefer. Additionally, IMMP participants monitoring property they do not own or manage must sign a release of liability. One form serves both functions below.
- Release of Liability & Information Disclosure paper form
- Release of Liability & Information Disclosure electronic form
- Disclosures for properties subject to governmental rules regarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII, contact monitoring@monarchjointventure.org)
Outreach
- IMMP Overview Handout
- Landowner Outreach Handout (1-pg)
- Landowner Outreach Handout (2-pg)
- Field Survey Vehicle Tag
Plant Identification
We recommend using a plant field identification guide specific to your region to aid in monitoring. Listed below are some regional lists to guide you, but are in no way comprehensive of everything you might encounter in the field.
- Regional Milkweed Guides Created by The Xerces Society and MJV
- Nectar Plant Guides
Monarch butterflies are known to nectar on a wide variety of plants. We recommend purchasing a plant field identification guide to help you identify plants while monitoring.
IMMP Publications & News Articles
- Cariveau AB, Holt HL, Ward JP, Lukens L, Kasten K, Thieme J, Caldwell W, Tuerk K, Baum KA, Drobney P, Drum RG, Grundel R, Hamilton K, Hoang C, Kinkead K, McIntyre J, Thogmartin WE, Turner T, Weiser EL and Oberhauser K (2019) The Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program: From Design to Implementation. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7:167. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00167
- Weiser, EL, Diffendorfer, JE, Lopez-Hoffman, L, Semmens, D, Wayne E. WE. (2020) Challenges for leveraging citizen science to support statistically robust monitoring programs. Biological Conservation, 242: 108411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108411.
- Editor’s Choice 56:10 – How to conduct citizen science that works
Papers Using IMMP Data and/or Protocols:
- McIntyre P, Ceasar H, Young BE (2024) Mapping migration habitat for western monarch butterflies revleas need for pulic-private approach to conservation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1460363
- Lukens L, Thieme J, Thogmartin W (2024) Milkweed and floral resource availability for monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2...
- Keele EC, McNeil DJ, Duchamp JE, Bastidas E and Larkin JL (2023) Assessing the benefits of managed golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) nesting habitat for breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the western Great Lakes. J. Insect Conserv. doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00505-8
- Keele, EC, McNeil DJ, Duchamp JE, Larkin JL (2023) Factors driving bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) and butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) use of sheared shrubland and young forest communities of the western Great Lakes. Environ. Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nva...
- Bruce, A.S., Thogmartin, W.E., Trosen, C. et al. (2021) Landscape- and local-level variables affect monarchs in Midwest grasslands. Landscape Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01341-4
- Lukens L, Kasten K, Stenoien C, Cariveau A, Caldwell W and Oberhauser K (2020) Monarch Habitat in Conservation Grasslands. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:13. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00013
- Cariveau AB, Anderson E, Baum KA, Hopwood J, Lonsdorf E, Nootenboom C, Tuerk K, Oberhauser K and Snell-Rood E (2019) Rapid Assessment of Roadsides as Potential Habitat for Monarchs and Other Pollinators. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7:386. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00386