The 2023 March Monarch Meeting was held in cooperation with Monarch Joint Venture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 6-8, 2023.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
A Q&A PDF with questions about many of the presentations and their associated responses can be found here.
High-Level Program and Policy Updates
Eastern Monarch Population Update
Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Joint Venture
Western Monarch Population Update
Isis Howard, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Chuck Traxler, USFWS
Mike Rizo, USFS
National Fish and Widlife Foundation
Crystal Boyd, NFWF
Research Updates and Discussion
Wayne Thogmartin, USGS
Laura Lukens, Monarch Joint Venture
Agriculture & Monarchs: Resent Research Summary
Jake Koenig, Monarch Joint Venture
Automated Milkweed Counts: Employing Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
Greg Emerick, Simple Business Automation
Invasive Species’ Impacts on Monarch Butterfly Conservation Initiatives
Adam Baker, Davey Resources Group
Monarch Population Development: A Stage-Specific Model
Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch
Lightning Talks
Kelly Bills, Pollinator Partnership
Robin Rorick, Energy Petroleum Institute
Nothing Changes Until It Changes in the Dirt
Elsa Gallagher, Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund
How the Monarch CCAA Supports NiSource’s ESG Reporting and Biodiversity Commitments
Steve Barker, NiSource
Pheasants Forever Habitat Education Programs
Anna Swerczek, Pheasants Forever
Pandemic Opens Training Opportunities for Volunteer Monitors
Julia Whidden, Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
National Monarch Habitat Sustainability Modeling for Corporate Decision Making
Jessica Fox, Electric Power Research Institute
Native Plants for Climate Resilience
Jen Ainsworth, Wild Ones
Using Remote Sensing to Detect Nectar Resources Along Transportation ROWs in Florida
Erica Christiansen, Stantec
Results from Four Years of Urban Monarch Community Science in the Chicago Region
Erika Hasle, Field Museum
Integrated Vegetation Management to Restore and Manage Landscapes and Improve Pollinator Habitat
Rick Johnstone, IVM Partners
Northern Natural Gas’s First Years of Monarch CCAA Implementation: Lessons Learned
Michelle Brown, Northern Natural Gas
Leslie TeWinkel, Merjent
High School Pollinator Habitat Grants Program: What We’ve Learned
Haley Diem, Sand County Foundation
Terry Smith, Pollinator Posse
Mike Retterer, Pheasants Forever
Divergent Monarch Migration: Destinations and Overwintering Strategies in the Southwest
Gail Morris, Southwest Monarch Study
Desert Refuge: Monarch Community Science Pilot
Kim Pegram, Desert Botanical Garden
Kris Gade, Arizona DOT
Haley Nelson, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Other Presentations
Managing ROWs for Pollinators: Patterns for Bee and Butterfly Diversity on Idaho Roadsides
Thomas Meinzen, Dr. Diane Debinski, and Dr. Laura Burkle, Montana State University
Rob Ament, Western Transportation Institute
Cathy Ford and Ned Parish, Idaho Transportation Department
Virginia DOT (VDOT)’s Enrollment into the Monarch CCAA
Susan Alexander, Virginia DOT
