Partner to conserve the monarch butterfly migration
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Partnering to conserve the monarch butterfly migration
Announcing the 2018 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series!
Join us for the 2018 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series, hosted by the Monarch Joint Venture and the USFWS National Conservation Training Center! On the 4th Tuesday of each month, we will dive into a new monarch conservation topic with expertise and experience from the MJV partnership and other organizations. Click on the title of a webinar below to register today.
Our first webinar of the year will start with a big picture perspective on monarch conservation by MJV Coordinator, Wendy Caldwell. Wendy will describe the conservation goals for monarchs in North America and a broad scale approach for engaging partners to help achieve those goals. From the perspective of the national Monarch Conservation Implementation Plan, she will illustrate how efforts across scales and topics are integrating for improved success in species recovery. Creating habitat for monarchs, other pollinators, wildlife and ecosystem services is a primary outcome of a broader strategy to engage, educate, and inspire new conservationists. Everyone has a role to play in protecting the monarch migration. This webinar will cover how MJV’s implementation pillars (habitat creation, research/monitoring, and education/outreach) work together to help us achieve our monarch and habitat targets. Join us on February 27th to set the tone for 2018 as a year of cooperation and coordination for monarchs! Register here. View the full series below and on our events page.
Webinar titles may be updated and additional presenters may be added to a webinar as the event approaches. More information and a description of each webinar will be available on our events page approximately one month before the webinar date, or earlier. If you register early you will receive email updates on the webinars you have signed up for as information becomes available, so register today. Don’t miss out on our exciting 2018 series!
Title: On the Wings of Monarchs: A 10,000 foot view of species conservation Date: Tuesday, 2/27/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Joint Venture Coordinator
Title: Success Stories in Engaging the Agricultural Community in State Monarch Conservation Planning Date: Tuesday 3/27/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: TBD, facilitated by Keystone Monarch Collaborative
Title: Understanding the Endangered Species Act Date: Tuesday 4/24/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Karen Anderson, USFWS Biologist
Title: The Power of Volunteers in Monarch Conservation Date: Tuesday, 5/22/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Rich Dolesh, National Recreation and Park Association Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives, with special guest presenters to share case studies of monarch volunteer management.
Title: Milkweed Seed Collection Date: Tuesday 6/26/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Monarch Watch, University of Kansas
Title: Meadow Establishment in the East Date: Tuesday 7/24/2018, 2 PM Eastern Time Presenters: Larry Weaner, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates Founder & Principal. Ann Aldrich, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, past Restoration Director.
Title: Getting Monarchs into Business: Case studies of monarch conservation Date: Tuesday, August 28th, 2018. 2 PM Eastern Time Presenters: Iris Caldwell, Energy Resources Center and Thelma Redick, Wildlife Habitat Council, with special guest presenters from business partners in monarch conservation.
Title: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Monarch predators and disease Date: Tuesday September 25th, 2018. 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Dr. Sonia Altizer, Project Monarch Health, University of Georgia.
Title: "5th Generation" Monarchs: What do we know and not know? Date: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018. 2 PM Eastern Time Presenter: Dr. Kristen Baum, Oklahoma State University
Title: Where are the Monarchs and Milkweeds? Crowd-sourcing, modeling, and surveying across the West Date: Tuesday, November 27th, 2018. 2 PM Eastern Time Presenters: Emma Pelton, Conservation Biologist and Candace Fallon, Senior Conservation Biologist, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation