The 2025 North American Monarch Summit was held in collaboration with Monarch Joint Venture at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 24-26, 2025.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Panel Presentations
Trinational Monarch Conservation
Carolyn Callaghan, Canadian Wildlife Federation; Don Davis, Monarch Butterfly Fund; Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Joint Venture; Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago; Eduardo Rendon, WWF Mexico; Eligio Garcia Serano, Fondo de Conservacion del Eje Neovolcánico, A.C.
Karen Oberhauser, UW-Madison/MLMP; Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch; Jerónimo Chávez, Profauna; Jacob Swanson, Journey North
Navigating Pesticide Policy for Monarchs and Pollinators
Emily May, Xerces; Steve Bradbury, Iowa State University; Vera Krischik, University of Minnesota Department of Entomology; Greg Emerick, Simple Business Automation; Tim Fredricks, Bayer Crop Science; Caleb Corona, Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
Lightning Talks
Monarch Butterfly Roadkill Reduction in Texas using TxDOT Monarch Flight Diverters
James L. Tracy, Texas A&M
Climate Adaptation: Establishing Abies Religiosa Overwintering Sites Beyond the Natural Upper Range
Cuauhtemoc Saenz Romero, UMSNH
Understanding Monarch Butterfly and Wind Energy Interactions
Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar, WEST, Inc.
Rearing Monarchs: Higher Survival in Larval Stages Compensates for Lower Migration Success
John Pleasants, Iowa State University
Divergent Migration Destinations and Overwintering Strategies of Southwest Monarchs
Gail Morris, SWMS
Exploring the Role of New Technology in Community Science Data Collection
Aster Hasle, Field Museum
Empowering Communities to Restore Critical Monarch Butterfly Habitat in Southern California
Ida Kaller-Vincent, Earth Discovery Institute
Brandon Wipf, American Soybean Association
Optimizing Solar Energy Developments for Monarch Conservation
Lee Walston, Argonne National Laboratory
Native Gardens: a Collaborative Strategy for the Conservation of Monarchs and Pollinators
María Eugenia González Díaz, Ecosistemica
Sparking a Movement: How Communities and Farms Can Drive Action for Monarch Conservation
Bee Redfield, Pollinator Partnership
The Outcomes of Complimentary Wildflower Seed Packets Compared to Milkweed Plants
Emily Geest, OK City Zoo and Botanical Garden
The Monarch Effect: Small Communities, Big Impacts
Natasha Hadden, U.S. Forest Service
30 Years of Trinational Collaboration for Pollinators and Monarch Butterflies
Antoine Asselin-Nguyen, CEC
Leslie TeWinkel, Merjent, Inc.
Expanding Your Educational Impact
Haley Diem, Sand County Foundation
Science Communication: Insights and Lessons
Alejandra Rodriguez Zamarripa, Proteccion de la Fauna Mexicana
The Symbolic Monarch Migration
Estela Romero Vasquez, Monarchs Across Georgia
MJV Science Updates and Innovations
Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture
Updates on the Status of Butterflies
Cheryl Schultz, Washington State University
Karen Vega, Alternare
Western Monarch Science Initiatives
Isis Howard, Xerces Society
Remote Sensing in Mexican Overwintering Sites
Fernanda González Kohrs, Ambiomas Acciones y Respuestas Adaptativas
International Monarch Monitoring Blitz: Strengthening Community Science Across North America
Eleonor Fascilla, Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Mapping Monarch Seasonal Breeding Patterns in Eastern North America to Inform Mowing Strategies
Vincent Fyson, Canadian Wildlife Federation
Amy Flansburg, Stantec
Impacts of Motus-Compatible Telemetry Tags on Monarch Movement, Behavior, and Survival
Leone Brown, James Madison University
