Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group
habitat conservation + working landscapes
The next Minneapolis Monarch Festival will occur on Saturday, September 6th, 2025, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Festival celebrates the monarch butterfly amazing 2,300 mile migration from Minnesota to Mexico with music, food, dance, hands-on art, native plant sales and plenty of opportunities to get up close with monarch butterflies, learn about their …
The Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group, Utility Arborist Association, Electric Power Research Institute, and NiSource are pleased to co-host a new conference on nature-based sustainability for energy and transportation infrastructure. What: Biodiversity + Nature in Energy and Transportation (BNEAT) conference When: August 12 – 14, 2025 Where: Chesterton, Indiana Who: Corporate sustainability managers, vegetation managers, environmental managers, federal/state agencies, and others involved in …
The State of the Bees August 14, 2025 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT How are U.S. bee species faring in light of the major threats they are facing? What more do we need to know to protect them? There are over 3,600 species of bees in the United States, but we only know the conservation …
This event is located at a US Solar site managed by Natural Resource Services. This event is designed for the energy and transporation right-of-way sector, though all are welcome. Address will be shared directly with registrants. MJV will demonstrate various drone models and discuss how monitoring via remote sensing is being used on various pollinator …
Great Southeast Pollinator Census August 22-23, 2025 This project is easy enough for anyone to learn some basic entomology and participate in while at the same time ensure that useful data is generated for conservationists. The three goals of the project are: 1. To create sustainable pollinator habitat by educating gardeners about using plants that provide nutrition …
FREE and family friendly: Join us for an afternoon of nature-themed fun! The event will feature other community organizations, and each will have interactive activities at their tables. MJV will offer a variety of activities for kids, lawn games, and monarch tagging demonstrations throughout the event.
Wildlife Movement In and Around Solar Facilities August 26, 2025 1:00 PM CT The final webinar in the series will have two researchers discussing their work related to the spatial ecology of various species in PV solar facilities. Register Here!
Building a framework for a national native seed strategy in Canada and incorporating a two-eyed seeing approach into the Southern Ontario Seed StrategyBuilding a framework for a national native seed strategy in Canada and incorporating a two-eyed seeing approach into the Southern Ontario Seed Strategy.
ERC - Biofuels - Sustainability Certification of Transportation August 27, 2025 11:00 AM CDT Register Here!
BOEM Environmental Studies Program - Birds, Bats, and Beyond: Networked Wildlife Tracking in the Southern California Bight August 27, 2025 1:00 PM CT This second webinar will discuss recent technological advances in wildlife tracking using relatively low‐cost tags to allow delineation of migratory and movement pathways, assessment of regional connectivity, and determination of behaviors. Register …
Curious about the critters crawling and flying through your garden? Join Monarch Joint Venture staff for a lively and informative session on identifying the insects and invertebrates most commonly found in green spaces. Learn how to tell a beetle from a bug, a moth from a butterfly, and even what makes an insect an insect …