First 2018 Monarch Conservation Webinar Today

The 2018 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series, hosted by the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV) and the USFWS National Conservation Training Center! is set to begin today at 1:00PM CST. Then on the 4th Tuesday of each month, they will present a new monarch conservation topic with expertise and experience from the MJV partnership and other organizations.

“The first webinar will present 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 27^th to set the tone for 2018 as a year of cooperation and coordination for monarchs!  Register here.” 

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

Webinar Series List

The entire list of monarch webinar series titles can be found on the MJV website. “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 the MJV 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.”

“View the full series below and on the MJV events page. To register for any of the webinars below, click on one of the titles below.

• 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 6/25/2018, 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”

The above has been reprinted in part from MJV Events.