Monarch Butterfly

Prairie Rivers of Iowa is a designated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our Mission Statement: to promote economic development through the restoration and conservation of Iowa’s cultural and natural resources.

STRIPS stands for Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips. The project is comprised of a team of scientists, educators, farmers, and extension specialists working on the prairie strips agricultural conservation practice.

Historically tall grass prairie covered 70-80% of Iowa’s landscape with such species as big bluestem, butterfly milkweed, prairie cord grass, and pale purple coneflower.

The objects and purpose for which the corporation is organized is to do whatever is deemed necessary and proper to the end of preserving and developing plant and wild life areas and natural scenic spots in the county of Dubuque, Iowa, and its vicinity; to promote conservation of natural resources; and whatever educational programs may be deemed essential to carrying out the objects of the corporation; and generally to encourage youth organizations in all interests related to the conservation ideal; to acquire and promote the establishment of forest preserves and to cooperate in the work of est

The Monarch Conservation Science Partnership is a USGS led group of scientists, managers, and conservation organizations who perform science related to the conservation of monarch butterflies.

The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) is a citizen science project involving volunteers from across the United States and Canada in monarch research

Report your sightings each fall and spring as the monarchs travel to and from Mexico. Track migration on real-time migration maps and follow the migration news.

Mission: To foster the conservation of North American monarch butterflies and their migration through habitat conservation, research, monitoring, education and support for sustainable community development in and near monarch habitats in Mexico.

The Monarch Joint Venture (MJV) is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to protect the monarch migration across the United States.

At Sustainable Monarch, we believe it takes a network of people, communities, businesses, and government to bring about real and lasting change, especially when the focus is saving the migration of an insect that crosses 3 countries and requires a specific diet! We protect monarch habitat through education, conservation, research and economic development.

The Monarch Collaborative consists of national organizations representing farmers, ranchers, and land owners; businesses working along the agricultural supply chain; researchers and academic institutions; federal and state entities; and conservation organizations.

Monarch Health is a citizen science project in which volunteers sample wild monarch butterflies to help track the spread of a protozoan parasite across North America.

Through our programs, we unite conservation organizations, businesses, health care institutions, schools, the scientific community, and faith-based organizations in Texan-led conservation.

Learn, Participate, Conserve has been the foundation of Naturedigger since we started our journey in 2012. Our mission has always been to educate the public, then engage them in scientific research and data collection.

Bee City USA® and Bee Campus USA work to galvanize communities to sustain pollinators, in particular the more than 3,600 species of native bees in this country, by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the use of pesticides.

The Forest Biometrics Research Institute (FBRI) is a non-profit public research corporation dedicated to sustainable and scientifically based forest management.