University of Minnesota Monarch Lab

05/21/2019

The Monarch Lab is Migrating!

The Monarch Lab and the Joint Venture have always been close partners - even sharing an office! With MJV’s recent move to become a nonprofit, it was clear that these programs were stronger together. So, we have taken steps to join forces under the MJV. With this new endeavor, the Monarch Lab’s rich, 25+ year history will continue to inform and enrich the lives of people and educators across North America as part of the MJV Education Program.

Find out more about this move here:

The Monarch Lab is Migrating Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 12:30 pm in Monarch Lab Research Updates, Monarch Store Updates, North American Monarch Institute We’re integrating! The Monarch Lab and Monarch Joint Venture have always been close partners, working together from the same location at ...

04/30/2019

In celebration of spring, PBS’s Nature series is presenting American Spring Live on Monday, April 29 –Wednesday, May 1. These three episodes illustrate the amazing biological changes triggered by the season, with live locations spread across the US. They premiere on the dates listed below at 8:00 p.m. ET on PBS and facebook.com/PBSNature.

Episode 1: “Birth and Rebirth” Monday, April 29. See how rising temperatures and longer days spur
plants to awaken and flower and animals to seek out newly abundant resources.

Episode 2: “Migration” Tuesday, April 30. Join scientists and citizen scientists who track butterflies,
birds, bison, and bats as they move from winter refuges to spring nesting grounds. The MLMP is featured in
this episode.

Episode 3: “Connections” Wednesday, May 1. Learn how plants and animals depend on each other to
survive and how climate change can break those connections.

NATURE is an award-winning signature PBS series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you.

04/24/2019

This week's is Carolina Anemone. This plant is native to and rare in Minnesota. It starts blooming the third week of April, so be sure to look for this flower this week!

04/23/2019

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the opening of a 60-day public comment period regarding an “enhancement of survival” permit application associated with a proposed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the monarch butterfly on energy and transportation lands. The proposed agreement would involve transportation and energy partners across the lower 48 states and would address conservation needs of the species on millions of acres of rights-of-way and associated lands."

  Background The Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group at the University of Illinois-Chicago is leading a national, multi-sector collaborative effort to develop a voluntary conservation agreement to provide habitat for the monarch butterfly. More than 40 organizations from across the energy and tr...

04/22/2019

Here's a little for this rainy day!

04/18/2019

Register here for Monarch Joint Venture's webinar on the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program on Tuesday, April 22.

Register here for the April 2019 Monarch Conservation Webinar. You will receive additional details about participating in the webinar in a follow up email prior to the webinar. This series is a collaborative effort between the Monarch Joint Venture and the National Conservation Training Center. We l...

04/17/2019

This week's , Perennial Cornflower, is a European species popular in the garden trade, and occasionally escapes cultivation. In the wild, this species can take over, so avoid gardening with it when possible!

04/16/2019

Over 1 million gardens have been registered as pollinator sites. Check out Pollinator Partnership's map and add yours!

The Pollinator Partnership is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and the largest in the world dedicated exclusively to the protection and promotion of pollinators ...