Find Best Management Practices (BMP)
Learn how to implement practice measures for wildlife habitat management or prescribed grazing, with these BMPs. The BMPs describe the proper way to carry out those actions.
Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation PlanBy: Western Monarch Working Group
Concurrent with the status review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) have actively promoted collaborative efforts across state, organizational, and landownership boundaries to address threats and opportunities facing monarchs and other pollinators.
Monarch Butterfly TaggingBy: Conservation Blueprint
It's that time of the year again ... time to celebrate the year's last generation of monarch butterflies as they prepare to migrate to central Mexico.& ...
How to Grow Your Own MilkweedBy: Conservation Blueprint
Milkweed is one of the best plants to have in your pollinator habitat — Conservation Blueprint's Pete Berthelsen shows you how to grow your own milkweed from seeds.
Putting the right plants into the right placeBy: Conservation Blueprint
When designing your next pollinator habitat project, make sure that you are designing the seed mixture to include the combination of plants that meet your objectives.& ...
Rangeland Management and PollinatorsBy: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Incorporating pollinator conservation into your rangeland management may not require large-scale changes, but rather a shift to a broader view of rangelands as permanent habitat for creatures large and small.
Iowa Monarch Conservation StrategyBy: Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium
The Iowa Monarch Conservation Strategy identifies the information and resources needed to sustain and advance monarch butterfly conservation efforts in Iowa.& ...
Pollinator Plants of the Midwest RegionBy: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
This guide features plants native to the Midwest that are highly attractive to pollinators and are well-suited for small-scale plantings in gardens, on business and school campuses, in urban greenspaces, and in farm field borders.
Plant Recommendations for Monarch Butterflies in the MidwestBy: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
For the monarch-friendly conservation plantings biologists recommend that 50 to 75 percent of plants come from this list with at least 3 percent of the plantings consisting of milkweed species.
Mowing and Management: Best Practices for MonarchsBy: Monarch Joint Venture
Understanding when monarchs are present allows land managers to time management practices like burning, mowing, grazing, or targeted pesticide application when they are least likely to harm monarchs.