North American Monarch Summit (June 24-26, 2025)
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
2024 Monarchs and More Network Meeting (March 5-7, 2024)
The 2024 Monarchs and More Network Meeting was held in cooperation with Monarch Joint Venture and Farmers for Monarchs at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, on March 5-7, 2024.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Inter-Agency Pollinator Collaboration
Center for Pollinator Conservation (CPC) Overview
Nicole Alt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Defense (DoD) Presentation
Stephanie Hertz, U.S. Department of Defense
Mike Rizo, U.S. Forest Service
Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Overview
Juan Botero, U.S. Department of Energy
NRCS Activities and Perspectives about Monarchs
Ed Henry, National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)-BLM Pollinator Summary
Casey Burns, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Lightning Talks
TxDOT’s Participation in the Monarch CCAA – Environmental Factors: Drought
Sam Glinsky, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
Texas Monarch Flyway Strategy Overview
Deborah January-Bevers, Houston Wilderness
Operation Pollination Overview
Chris Stein, National Park Service (NPS)
Conserving Monarchs: We need to talk about pesticides
Emily May, Xerces
Creating Living Classrooms to Combat Monarch Declines
Emily Geest, Oklahoma City Zoo
Collaborative Conservation Benefits Pollinators
Wes Fleming, Evergy
REVEG: Balancing habitat enhancement alongside reliability
Steve Ryan and Steve Letkowski, PSE&G
Dave Kunz, DRG
Monarch Habitat Restoration in Canada
Victoria Woodhouse, Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF)
Schyler Rhea, Wildlife Habitat Federation (WHF)
Corteva Grows: Pollinator initatives with key partners
Chad Boeckman, Corteva
Goats as a Vegetation Management Solution
Kelvin Limbrick, ComEd
Resilient Landscapes for Monarchs
Kristen Baum, Monarch Watch
Measuring the Impact of the Native Plant Movement
Sara Ressing, Wild Ones
Project Wingspan: Sowing success at the grass roots
Andy Grinstead, Pollinator Partnership
Growing Commercially Available Milkweed Rhizomes for Restoration
Julia Michaels, Hedgerow Farms/NativeSeed Group
State of the Science (Breakout Session #2)
Adam Baker, Davey Institute
Field Museum Monarch Community Science
Karen Klinger, Field Museum
Utility-Scale Solar and Pollinator Ecosystem Services
Heidi Hartmann, Argonne National Laboratory
Monarch Conservation Strategies for Texas Roadways: Monarch flight diverters
Robert Coulson et al., Texas A&M
Floral Forecasts: Predicting shifts in monarch nectar resources
Erin Posthumus, National Phenology Network (USA-NPN)
Climate and Habitat Change in Mexico and Texas
Jay Diffendorfer, USGS
Community Conservation Workshop (Breakout Session #2)
Sand County Foundation Pollinator Habitat School Grants Program
Haley Diem, Sand County Foundation
New Opportunities in Community Science
Aster Hasle, Field Museum
Xerces’s Community-Powered Monarch Initatives
Isis Howard, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
A Collaborative Strategy for Pollinator Conservation
Dave Hunter, Crown Bees
Panel Presentation: Measuring Success
Mowing for Monarchs: Building a business case at VDOT
Amy Golden, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
Bee Better Electric: A national third-party verified program for pollinator-friendly energy projects
Jessica Fox, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Monarch Butterfly Business Plan and Measuring Success
Crystal Boyd, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
AZA Monarch Safe: Engaging zoos and aquariums in monarch conservation
Alyssa Taylor, Monarch Joint Venture (MJV)
Ecological Restoration and 25 Years of MMRV
Ryan White, SnapLands
Panel Presentation: Cross-Sector Collaboration
Oil and Gas Rights-of-Way: A Route to Recovery
Amy Snelgrove, Texan by Nature
Tim Fredericks, Bayer Crop Science
Tony Tipton, Columbia Gas/NiSource
Conservation Wins Through Solar Synergy
Elsa Gallagher, Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund
Pollinator Plantings on Agricultural Working Lands (Breakout Session #3)
Monarch Haven! Creating Habitat for a Thousand Monarchs from Bare Soil in a Sea of Corn and Beans
Jack Pizzo, The Pizzo Group
Texas Native Seeds: Developing commercially available native seed varieties
Anthony Falk, Texas Native Seeds
Seed a Legacy: Rooted in collaboration
Elsa Gallagher, Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund
Pollinator Conservation on Agricultural Lands in California
Josette Lewis, Almond Board of California
Tech Innovations in Conservation (Breakout Session #3)
Feedbutterflies.com: A searchable nectar plant resource
Susan Dunlap, Aerulean Plant Identification Systems, Inc.
Evaluating the Use of eDNA to Detect Pollinators on Rights-of-Way
Ashley Bennett, EPRI
MJV Conservation Remote Sensing Program
Wendy Caldwell, MJV
Automation and Scale for Capturing for Capturing and Processing Remotely Sensed Data
Greg Emerick, Simple Business Automation
Remote Sensing Solutions: Quantifying monarch butterfly habitat in Transportation Right-of-Way
Erica Christiansen, Stantec
Multi-Seed Pellets for Pollinator Habitat Restoration (Updated 3/28/2024)
Sam Cloete, Kannar Earth Science, Ltd.
Other Presentations:
Revised Extinction Risk Assessment
Wayne Thogmartin, USGS
2023 March Monarch Meeting (March 6-8, 2023)
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
Working Group Meeting #9 (September 9-10, 2019)
The ninth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was co-located with the 2019 Trees and Utilities in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 9-10, 2019. The focus of the meeting included: developing a communications toolkit for habitat on ROW, working with contractors to establish habitat-oriented specifications, and peer exchanges by sector on the monarch butterfly listing, CCAA implementation, pollinator habitat monitoring, and other lessons from 2019.
See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Case Studies from Local Ohio Partners
Habitat Conservation on ODOT Right of Way
Joel Hunt, Ohio Department of Transportation
Better Seed Mixes – How Hard Can it Be?
Tim Lohner, AEP
Video Presentation
Panel: Utilizing Contracts to Enhance Habitat Conservation
Moderator: Gabe Karns, The Ohio State University
Andy Olson, East Central Energy
Tom Hillstrom, Xcel Energy
Matt Kraushar, Indiana DOT
Tim Moritz, RES
Amy Murray, Davey Resource Group
Video Presentation
USFWS Updates: What’s Next?
Sergio Pierliussi, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
Habitat in Action: Updates from the Working Group
Monarch CCAA
Dan Salas, Cardno
Pollinator Habitat Scorecard
Erik Anderson, Environmental Incentives
Geospatial Habitat Database Presentation Slides
Mark Johnston & Karen Klinger, Field Museum
Video Presentation
Lightning Rounds:
UAA Updates/ROW Stewardship Accreditation
Philip Charlton, Utility Arborist Association
Video Presentation
Environmental Social Governance Reporting/ UAA Maturity Model Update
Stan Vera-Art, Grow With Trees
Video Presentation
Electric Power Companies to Support Monarch Butterflies
Jessica Fox, Electric Power Research Institute
Video Presentation
Partnering Across Industries
Ellen Mullins, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Video Presentation
MJV Roadside Habitat Tools
Alison Cariveau, Monarch Joint Venture
Video Presentation
Habitat Educational Tools
Orville McLean, ArborMetrics
Video Presentations
Green Competence
Jarod Cassada, Trees and Utilities
Video Presentation
Illinois DOT Pollinator Mowing Communications
Stephanie Dobbs, Illinois DOT
Featured Video: IDOT Protects Pollinators
Breakout Sessions:
- Working with Contractors: Habitat-Oriented RFPs and Specifications
- Communications and Outreach: Building Buy-In for Habitat
Industry Peer-to-Peer Exchange Notes:
Working Group Meeting #8 (February 20 – 21, 2019)
The eighth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was co-located with the 2019 National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Schaumburg, IL on February 20-21, 2019. The focus of the meeting was on the big year ahead for monarchs and pollinators and the practical information needed to make pollinator habitat programs successful.
See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Keynote Presentation
Dr. Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch
Video Presentation
USFWS & Monarch CCAA Update
Lori Nordstrom, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Dan Salas, Cardno
Functional Landscapes and Regional Habitat Restoration: A Case Study with AEP on Seeding Native Prairie in Utility Right-of-Ways at The Dawes Arboretum
Shana Byrd, Dawes Arboretum
Video Presentation
An Integrated Approach to Revegetation: New Online Resources for Practitioners
Matt Horning, U.S. Forest Service
Video Presentation
Post-Construction Groundcover on Highway Rights of Way: Designing Seed Mixes that Meet Erosion and Sediment Controls while Benefiting Pollinators
Joel Hunt, Ohio DOT
Video Presentation
The Art & Science of Pollinator Seed Mixture Design
Pete Berthelsen, The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund
Video Presentation
Lightning Talks:
Pollinator Habitat on Rights-of-Way in Texas: A Case Study
Amy Snelgrove, Texan by Nature
Video Presentation
ATC’s Pollinator Grant Program
Johanna Sievewright, ATC
Video Presentation
Monarch Butterfly Habitat Restoration in Eastern Ontario
Carolyn Callaghan, Canadian Wildlife Federation
Video Presentation
Wildfires and Habitat Management for Utilities: Postcards from the (ROW) Edge
Dan Williams & Jack McCabe, Davey Resource Group
Video Presentation
Growing vs Building: Why is it so Hard to Grow Roadsides While Building Roads?
Ken Graeve, Minnesota DOT
Video Presentation
IVM Case Study & ANSI Standard
Bill Rees, W Trees Utility Vegetation Management Consulting, LLC
Video Presentation
Fire, Smoke, and High-Speed Traffic
Ken Graeve, Minnesota DOT
Video Presentation
BMPS for Mowing, Grazing and Brush Removal
Dr. Ray Moranz, Xerces Society
Video Presentation
NYPA’s Bee Survey
Lewis Payne, NYPA
Video Presentation
ArcGIS Online Tracking System
Johanna Sievewright, ATC
Video Presentation
Rights-of-Way Geospatial Database Demo
Mark Johnston, Field Museum
Video Presentation
Working Group Pollinator Habitat Scorecard
Iris Caldwell, UIC
Video Presentation
Panel: Considerations for the Use of Herbicides as a Habitat Establishment and Maintenance Tool
Dr. Evan Sivesind, Iowa State University
Travis Rogers, Corteva Argiscience
Dr. Jason Belcher, Bayer
Mike Maine, Nutrien Solutions
Ryan Alltop, ENCAP, Inc.
Video Presentation
Implementing a Pollinator Program at Your Company: Xcel Energy’s Experience
Pam Rasmussen, Xcel Energy
Video Presentation
Framing the Case for Rights-of-Way Habitat to the Public and Decision Makers
Dr. Kristine Nemec, UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center
Video Presentation
NiSource Case Study
Brian Kortum, NiSource
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #7 (October 24 – 25, 2018)
The seventh meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was hosted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on October 24 and 25, 2018. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Transportation Sector Update
Kris Gade, Arizona Department of Transportation
Video Presentation
Agricultural Sector Update
Leslie Holloway, Missouri Farm Bureau
Video Presentation
AEP Vegetation R&D Video Presentation
Tim Lohner, American Electric Power
Featured Video: Dawes Arboretum Right of Way Project
EPRI Program Updates
Jessica Fox, EPRI Program
Video Presentation
UAA Managing Thriving Ecosystems
Stan Vera-Art, Grow With Trees
Video Presentation
Featured Video: ROW Environmental Stewardship
Pollinator Habitat Toolkit
Olivia Eskew, Cypress Creek Renewables
Video Presentation
NFWF Program Update
Crystal Boyd, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
Video Presentation
Pollinator Friendly Herbicide Practices
Aaron Feggestad, Stantec
Video Presentation
Metrics & Targets Task Force
Alison Cariveau, Monarch Joint Venture
Video Presentation
Communications and Outreach
Lizzy Kreindler, Bluestem Communications
Video Presentation
Geospatial Habitat Database
Mark Johnstone, Field Museum
Video Presentation
CCAA Task Force
Dan Salas, Cardno
Video Presentation
Monarch Conservation Updates
Laurel Hill & Sergio Pierlussi, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
Rights-of-Way Strategies for Monarch Butterflies
Claire Beck, Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #6 (April 25 – 26, 2018)
The sixth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was held as a part of the 2018 Pollinator Habitat Workshop hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Edison Electric Institute, and the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on April 25 and 26, 2018. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Overcoming Organizational/Institutional Challenges
Josiane Bonneau, Wildlife Habitat Council
Video Presentation
Overcoming Implementation Challenges
Marla Westerhold, Commonwealth Edison
Sara Race, Commonwealth Edison
Aaron Feggestad, Stantec
Industry Case Studies Panel:
Railroad case study
Shannon Bard, Hemmera
Video Presentation
TransCanada – Save Our Monarchs case study
Randall Gilbert, Save Our Monarchs
Video Presentation
New York Power Authority case study
Kathleen Law, Pollinator Partnership
Lewis Payne, New York Power Authority
Video Presentation
Illinois DOT case study
Stephanie Dobbs, Illinois DOT
Video Presentation
USFWS Program Updates
Sergio Pierluissi, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
EPRI Program Updates
Jessica Fox, Electric Power Research Institute
Video Presentation
Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group Program Updates
Iris Caldwell, University of Illinois-Chicago
Video Presentation
Lightning Talks:
SAGE Model
John Steelman, Grow With Trees
Video Presentation
Software for Mapping, Reporting, and Communication
Chris Kelly, Clearion Software
Video Presentation
High Quality Habitat – It’s Simple Until We Complicate It
Jason Bleich, Pheasants Forever
Video Presentation
Monarch Joint Venture Tools & Resources
Alison Cariveau, Monarch Joint Venture
Video Presentation
Pollinator Conservation Tools and Resources
Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #5 (October 26 – 27, 2017)
The fifth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was hosted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on October 26 and 27, 2017. See the list of meeting attendees here.
The focus for the fifth meeting was Creating the Business Case for Habitat Programs. Working Group participants have contributed to a DETAILED OUTLINE of benefits and challenges to restoring and managing habitat on rights-of-way and other energy and transportation landscapes. Ultimately, this white paper is intended to provide organizations with resources and information to streamline the identification, demonstration, and strengthening of business case arguments for habitat programs. However, additional information is needed in a number of areas, both in the benefits and challenges sections.
We welcome any information (e.g., comments, case studies, resources, feedback) to include or reference in the white paper. Please send suggestions or comments to Iris Caldwell at iriscald@uic.edu.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Pollinators and People
André Copeland, Chicago Zoological Society
Video Presentation
White Paper: Creating the Business Case for Habitat on Rights-of-Way
Kristine Nemec, UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center
Iris Caldwell, UIC Energy Resource Center
Business Case Handout
Video Presentation
The Business Case for IVM on Electric Transmission ROW
John Goodfellow, BioCompliance Consulting
Video Presentation
Vegetation Economics: Herbicides vs Mowing
Matt Kraushar, Indiana DOT
Video Presentation
Panel: Addressing Regulatory Uncertainty
Video Presentation
Reducing Uncertainty by Increasing Conservation
Parker Moore, Beveridge and Diamond
Assurance Options and Innovative Ways to Get Them Faster
Timothy Male, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances
Lori Nordstrom, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Mitigating for Species and Resource Impacts: Traditional Options and New Approaches
Randy Wilgis, Resource Environmental Solutions
Video Presentation
Potential Agricultural Benefits of Pollinator Habitat at Utility-Scale Solar Facilities
Lee Walston, Argonne National Laboratory
Video Presentation
Wetland Restoration for Multiple Benefits: Harvesting Cattail for Biodiversity
Andrew Monks, Loyola University Chicago
Opportunities and Challenges in Supporting Invasive Plant Activities
Mark Renz, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Midwest Invasive Plant Network
Video Presentation
North Central Integrated Pest Management Center – Program/Resources
Lynnae Jess, Michigan State University
Video Presentation
Ohio DOT Case Study
Joel Hunt, Ohio DOT
Video Presentation
The ROI and Sweet PR of Pollinator Habitat at Utility-Scale Solar Facilities
Rob Davis, Fresh Energy
Video Presentation
IVM to Improve Access, Reliability, Habitat, Economics, and Public Relations
Rick Johnstone, IVM Partners
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #4 (May 3 – 4, 2017)
The fourth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was hosted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on May 3 and 4, 2017. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Pre-Meeting Science Roundtable
Multiple Presenters and Open Discussion
U.S. FWS Regulatory/Technical Updates
Louise Clemency, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
Roads, Rare Species, and Regulations
Christopher Smith, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Video Presentation
Working Group Updates
Iris Caldwell, University of Illinois at Chicago
Video Presentation
American Transmission Company’s POWR Model for Prioritizing Habitat Conservation
Dan Salas, Cardno
Johanna Sievewright, American Transmission Company
Video Presentation
Lightning Talk Round: Updates from Working Group Participants
Multiple Presenters
Video Presentation
Featured Video: Texas DOT
Effective Partnerships: Goals, Relationships, Work, and Party
Brent Haglund, Sand County Foundation
Video Presentation
U.S. 45 Red Bison Project: A Habitat Reconstruction Collaboration
Stephanie Dobbs, Illinois Department of Transportation
Michelle Henderson, Ameren
Erin Holmes, Pheasants Forever
Video Presentation
Featured Video
Industry Panel: What Potential Partners Should Know
Dennis Markwardt, Texas Department of Transportation
Christopher Vera, Michigan Department of Transportation
Thomas Hillstrom, Xcel Energy
Sara Race, Commonwealth Edison
Bob Toy, Union Pacific
Building Partnerships in the Agricultural Sector
Pam Bachman, Monsanto
David Spak, Bayer
Handout
Featured Video
The Art and Science of Partnering with Landowners
Peter Berthelsen, Pheasants Forever
Video Presentation
Introduction to Measuring Success
Josiane Bonneau, Wildlife Habit Council
Looking Ahead: 30-year Sustainable Right-of-Way Care
Stan Vera-Art, Grow With Trees
Brian Kortum, NiSource
Video Presentation
U.S. FWS Measuring Success
Kristen Voorhies, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
EPRI’s Pollinator Research Program: Protecting & Promoting Pollinators on Electric Utility Lands
John Goodrich-Mahoney, Electric Power Research Institute
Video Presentation
Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative
Gabriel Karns, The Ohio State University
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #3 (July 27 – 28, 2016)
The third meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was hosted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on July 27 and 28, 2016. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Keynote Presentation: Networks for Life – Your Role in Stitching the Natural World Together
Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware and author of Bringing Nature Home
Roadside Views – Stakeholder Perspectives of Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management
Kristine Nemec, University of Northern Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center
Carole Teator, Trees Forever
Video Presentation
Union Pacific’s Habitat Program Exploration
Bob Toy, Union Pacific Railroad
Video Presentation
Working Group Update
Iris Caldwell, University of Illinois-Chicago Energy Resources Center
Constraints, Obstacles, and Best Management Practices to Enhance Pollinator Habitat in Rights-of-Way
Bonnie Harper-Lore, Retired from Federal Highway Administration
Video Presentation
Pollinator Habitat – Art & Science of Managing for High Quality and Cost Effectiveness
Pete Berthelsen, Pheasants Forever
Video Presentation
Overview of Interstate 35 Monarch Highway Engagement
Lekha Knuffman, National Wildlife Federation
Video Presentation
A National Monarch Monitoring Framework: Tracking Monarchs and Evaluating Available Habitat
Holly Holt, Monarch Joint Venture
Video Presentation
Integrated Vegetation Management 101
Philip Charlton, Right-of-Way Stewardship Council
Video Presentation
Working Group Meeting #2 (January 19, 2016)
The second meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was hosted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago and The Chicago Region Trees Initiative on January 19, 2016. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Welcome and Working Group Update
Iris Caldwell, Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago
Chicago Region Trees Initiative Update
Lydia Scott, Chicago Region Trees Initiative
Illinois Tollway Pollinator Habitat Program
Bryan Wagner, Illinois Tollway
AEP Transmission Right-of-Way Vegetation Demonstration Project
Lindsey Forhan, American Electric Power
Illinois State Nursery Products, Availability, and Resources
Dave Horvath, Illinois State Nursery
Site Preparation and Soils Issues in Rights-of-Way:
Biosolids: A Local and Renewable Resource
Lakhwinder Hundal and Dominic Brose, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Urban Soil Primer
Pat Kelsey, WBK Engineering
Prescribed Burning and ComEd’s Prairie Program
Sara Race, ComEd
Long-Term Maintenance of Rights-of-Way Habitat Projects
Jack Pizzo, The Pizzo Group
Economic Benefits of Sustainable Vegetation Management Practices on Roadside Rights-of-Way
Jeff Norcini, Florida Department of Transportation
Working Group Meeting #1: (July 23, 2015)
The initial working group meeting held on July 23, 2015 at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus was attended by more than 80 organizations. The meeting consisted of informational presentations and small group break-out discussions covering a variety of topics. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Welcome and Introduction
Steffen Mueller and Iris Caldwell, Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago
Opportunities for Pollinators Along Rights-of-Way
Jennifer Hopwood, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Iowa Roadside Management Successes and What Could Be Better
Joy Williams, Roadside Development Section, Office of Design, Iowa Department of Transportation
First Steps for Development a Habitat Program
Sara Barnas, Wildlife Habitat Council
ROW for Pollinators & Birds
Rick Johnstone, IVM Partners
Federal Pollinator Initiative Updates
Donita Cotter and Michael Gale, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Closing Remarks
Kelsey Musich, Illinois Tollway
