In this webinar, Dr. Laura Figueroa will present on the importance of pollinators worldwide, factors that influence pollinator communities, and novel monitoring tools (including non-lethal AI based approaches), for monitoring pollinators in changing landscapes. She will present work on bee communities in solar facilities and other human modified environments. This webinar will be recorded and …

 MJV Research Update June 17, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM CST Presented by Monarch Joint Venture Science Program Staff. Register Now!

The North American Monarch Summit June 23-26, 2025 Minneapolis, Minnesota  We are excited to partner once again with Monarch Joint Venture to host our joint annual meeting on monarch and pollinator conservation. This year, we are expanding to include pollinator conservation partners and updates from across North America! Register Here!

ERC - Heat Pumps & IAC June 25, 2025  11:00 AM CDT Register Here!

Join AFWA as we host Chevron to discuss their Comprehensive Wildlife Plan (CWP) on July 10 from 1-2EST. See below for details on the webinar!

How Nurseries Can Provide Pollinator-Safe Plants: A Talk with MNL’s Greenhouse Manager July 22, 2025 12:00 - 1:30 PM CT Come to this webinar to hear the story of how Minnesota Native Landscapes, Inc. (MNL), a large Midwest native plant nursery, collaborated with the Xerces Society to grow native plants without toxic pesticides. Ridge Campbell, …

The Science of Radio Tagging Monarchs July 22, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM CST Presented by Sean Burcher, Cape May Point Science Center; Ashley Fisher, Xerces Society; and Lee Brown and Helen St. John, James Madison University. Register Now!

A Race to the Finish: Discussing the Intersections Between Desert Tortoises & Solar Development July 24, 2025 1:00 PM CT The third webinar of the series will cover the latest research on the intersections between desert tortoises and solar including the suitability/quality of on-site tortoise habitat (vegetation, soil), tortoise movement, resource selection, and more.  Register Here!

International Monarch Monitoring Blitz July 25 - August 3  The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz invites community scientists from across North America to come together with the shared goal of helping to protect and conserve the beloved and emblematic monarch butterfly. Data collected by volunteers each year support trinational efforts to better understand the monarch butterfly’s …

ERC - Outreach - STEM Opportunities for Marginalized Students July 30, 2025 11:00 AM CDT Register Here!

Advancing Aerodynamic Whistle-Based Ultrasonic Bat Deterrence Technology to Enable Ultra-Large Wind Turbines July 30, 2025  12:00 PM CT This first webinar will discuss a research project concerning the development of bat deterrent aerodynamic whistles at both a laboratory-scale wind tunnel and a utility-scale wind turbine. Register Here!

Real progress in landscape-level conservation comes from deliberate, well-coordinated efforts. It requires navigating internal personalities, earning community trust, and staying committed to the work long after initial activities. In this webinar, Amanda Young, Senior Environmental Engineer, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, and Jeff Musser, Environmental Field Manager, Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, share how …

Monarchs and Pesticides: Understanding the Risks, Creating High-Quality Habitat July 31, 2025 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT Pesticides are a hidden hazard in many monarch conservation efforts, whether in working lands, parks, backyards, or monarch overwintering groves. Residues in milkweed and nectar plants can degrade habitat quality and put monarchs at risk. This webinar will …

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 …

Hoary Bat MOTUS Tracking Project August 28, 2025 2:00 PM CT The third webinar of the series will cover a study using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus) to discuss hoary bat migration, as well as activity patterns of non-migratory bats, primarily in California and Washington. Register Here!

Invasive plants, insects, animals, and diseases threaten our resources and native biodiversity. Do you combat invasive species in your profession? Are you a scientist or researcher working on invasive species? Are you a landscaper, landowner, or a concerned citizen who wants to get involved? The Indiana Invasive Species Conference offers something for everyone! This is your chance …

This event is located at 1100 W South St, Belle Plaine MN 56011. This event is designed for conservation professionals who are considering incorporating remote sensing into their monitoring protocols, though all are welcome. MJV will demonstrate various drone models and discuss how monitoring via remote sensing is being used on various pollinator habitat projects, …

The biennial Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impact (CWW) is an internationally recognized conference and one of the biggest conferences addressing the Wind energy / Wildlife topic. The mission of CWW is about bringing together the global community to share knowledge, tools and best practices on wind energy and wildlife interactions. So far, there …

Discover the rising economic toll of U.S. power outages and how cutting-edge data tools are helping planners drive smarter investments in grid resilience. In this webinar, attendees will gain valuable insights into the significant economic implications of power outages in the United States. Leveraging data from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the upgraded Interruption …

Explore the night flying relatives of monarchs and other butterflies during an evening of mothing with MJV at our Prairie Oaks campus! We’ll explore the difference between moths and butterflies, use different ways to attract and collect moths, learn how to ID different groups of moths, and learn the important roles moths play in our …

Ready to turn your outdoor space—no matter how big or small—into a haven for monarchs and pollinators? Join us for a live, interactive version of our popular Gardening for Monarchs and More course! This two-part series will walk you through the key steps to creating a vibrant, pollinator-friendly garden that supports monarch conservation and biodiversity. …

This annual event provides a forum for conservation leadership and brings together more than 700 leaders from fish and wildlife agencies and conservation groups from all 50 states, U.S. Territories, Canada and Mexico in order to discuss conservation policy and management issues and accomplishments. Attendees include key decision makers in the field of fish and …

Farming for Monarchs: How Monarch Habitat and Agriculture Can Coexist September 23, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM CST Presented by Monarch Joint Venture Habitat Program Staff. Register Now!

ERC - Overview on Marginal Emissions Modeling September 24, 2025 11:00 AM CDT Graeme Miller will provide an update on the Future of Gas workshops in Illinois. He will discuss what the big issues are, what possible solutions might be, and what next steps need to be taken. Register Here!

Ready to turn your outdoor space—no matter how big or small—into a haven for monarchs and pollinators? Join us for a live, interactive version of our popular Gardening for Monarchs and More course! This two-part series will walk you through the key steps to creating a vibrant, pollinator-friendly garden that supports monarch conservation and biodiversity. …

SER2025 - 11th World Conference September 30 - October 4, 2025 Denver, Colorado, USA SER\'s World Conference is an exciting and inspiring biennial gathering of global experts in ecological restoration, making the 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER2025) the premier venue for those interested in being active members of the global restoration community. Save …

Join us for a special Bat Week webinar event featuring exclusive previews of two compelling new films that explore the wonder, challenges, and hope surrounding bat conservation. In this interactive session, you’ll hear from the filmmakers and scientists behind Bat Boy and The Invisible Mammal, two powerful stories that shine a light on bats’ critical role in our …

Uniting youth across North America through the exchange of paper butterflies and letters! The Symbolic Monarch Migration mimics the migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico in the autumn and their return North in the spring. Students in the USA and Canada send life-sized paper butterflies in the fall and receive different paper butterflies from the …

The Online North American Monarch Institute (NAMI) course for educators includes three live sessions on Zoom full of discussion, activities, and monarch learning. You will also be expected to watch several videos with background knowledge on monarchs, complete a weekly learning journal, and complete three assignments outside of the scheduled sessions. Educators will leave the …

Join the Monarch Joint Venture for a virtual 3-week course to learn about monarch butterfly ecology, threats, and the effective conservation actions that you can take to help protect this iconic species. All classes are recorded and also available for later viewing.

Join Monarch Joint Venture’s Executive Director, Wendy Caldwell, for a presentation on the State of Monarch Conservation — exploring current trends, challenges, and what we can do together to protect this iconic species.

The Online North American Monarch Institute (NAMI) course for educators includes three live sessions on Zoom full of discussion, activities, and monarch learning. You will also be expected to watch several videos with background knowledge on monarchs, complete a weekly learning journal, and complete three assignments outside of the scheduled sessions. Educators will leave the …

Join the Monarch Joint Venture for a virtual 3-week course to learn about monarch butterfly ecology, threats, and the effective conservation actions that you can take to help protect this iconic species. All classes are recorded and also available for later viewing.