Monarch Conservation Webinar Series: Trinational Monarch Conservation April 23, 2024

Join the Monarch Joint Venture for the April presentation of the Monarch Conservation Webinar Series. This presentation features three presenters from Mexico, the US, and Canada talking about monarch butterfly conservation across North America.
Title: Monitoring the Overwinter Colonies, Conservation of Monarchs in Mexico
Presenter: Adriana Valera, Pollinator Officer at the Terrestrial Ecosystems Program, WWF Mexico
Description: History of Monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico since the discovery of the overwintering sites to the conservation activities WWF is developing in the present.
Title: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Center for Pollinator Conservation Update
Presenter: Ryan Drum, USFWS
Description: Prioritizing actions for conserving pollinators can be difficult, and communicating it can be even more so. The term 'pollinator' itself implies thousands of different species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Center for Pollinator Conservation recognizes there is overlap. The Center wants to work as a collective community on shared efforts that can make it much simpler and expand efforts to move forward.
Title: Monarch butterfly conservation in Canada
Presenter: Dr. Greg Mitchell, Research Scientist, Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Description: Dr. Mitchell will discuss the current listing status of monarch butterflies in Canada as well as monitoring, research, and stewardship activities specifically carried out or supported at the federal level. Dr. Mitchell will also touch on the listing process for species at risk in Canada, specifically as it relates to the monarch butterfly.