1-D-1 Agricultural Tax Valuation: Wildlife Management Use Qualification
The Wildlife Management Use Qualification under Texas property tax law allows landowners to classify land for wildlife management use when land is already appraised as agricultural for tax purposes. This tax relief incentive is revenue-neutral, meaning that the tax valuation provided for the property under the agricultural valuation would remain, which may be less than […]
Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk (AFSAR)
The Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk, established in 2004 and administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada, provides direct financial payments for species identified under Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA), as well as species not listed under SARA but at risk of conservation concern. As with the Habitat Stewardship Program, […]
Agricultural BMP Tax Credit Program
The Virginia Agricultural BMP Tax Credit Program, instituted in 1989, is a voluntary tax relief program administered by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation in partnership with local Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs). The tax incentive program “supports the voluntary installation of BMPs that support Virginia’s nonpoint source pollution water quality objectives,” including […]
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) was a USDA NRCS program that has since been replaced with the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Existing WRP contracts are unaffected (they are still valid but will be managed under ACEP regulations), and practices may be implemented on existing WRP lands using remaining WRP funds or new ACEP funds, […]
Agriculture Certificate of Environmental Stewardship
The Utah Agriculture Certificate of Environmental Stewardship (ACES) program is a voluntary incentive-based certificate program that “helps farmers and ranchers, of all sizes, evaluate their entire operation to make management decisions to sustain agricultural viability, protect natural resources, support environmentally responsible agricultural production practices and build positive public opinion.” The ACES program is administered through […]
Alternative Land Use Services
Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) is a voluntary incentive program providing direct financial payments and technical assistance to agricultural producers in Canada. This NGO was originally developed through a partnership between the Delta Waterfowl Foundation and Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers, in 2006, and is currently established in five provinces: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, […]
Annual Operational Program in APFF Sierra La Mojonera
Through the implementation of the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes), the Temporary Employment Program (Programa de Empleo Temporal—PET), and the monitoring activities included in the annual operating program of the Sierra La Mojonera Flora and Fauna Protection Area, monarch butterfly monitoring was strengthened in the San Luis Potosí […]
Annual Operational Program in Parque Nacional El Chico
Through the implementation of the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes), the Temporary Employment Program (Programa de Empleo Temporal—PET), and the monitoring activities included in the annual operating program of the protected natural area at the El Chico National Park, monarch butterfly monitoring was strengthened in the Sierra Madre […]
Annual Operational Program in PN Los Mármoles
Through the implementation of the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes), the Temporary Employment Program (Programa de Empleo Temporal—PET), Community Watch Programs (Programas de Vigilancia Comunitaria—Provicom) and the monitoring activities established in the annual operating program of the Los Mármoles National Park, there is ongoing monarch butterfly monitoring in […]
Arizona Monarch Conservation Partnership
“The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will facilitate the creation of the Arizona Monarch Conservation Partnership as a network of government agencies, NGOs, universities and citizen-scientists to advance monarch butterfly conservation in its western range in Arizona with activities that will include Asclepias surveys, seed collection, increasing Asclepias seed availability and density, native plant propagation and habitat […]
Assessing the Milkweed Seed Marketplace in Iowa
A primary monarch conservation goal is to increase the presence of milkweed on the nation’s landscape. For public and private entities to accomplish this massive task, large quantities of milkweed seeds must be available. This has stimulated an examination of the native seed market throughout the nation, to identify constraints on milkweed seed abundance and […]
Assessment of Exotic Milkweeds and the Spread of Disease in Monarchs
“Monarch Joint Venture has partnered with Monarch Alert and Monarch Health in a collaborative effort to examine how the presence of tropical milkweeds (Asclepias curassavica) and year-round monarch breeding activity affect the prevalence and transmission of OE (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha), and to evaluate the potential effectiveness of cutting back tropical milkweeds during the winter months for […]
Biological Monitoring Program in APFF Cuatrociénegas
The biological monitoring program at the Cuatrociénegas Flora and Fauna Protection Area and the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes) have strengthened the application of the national standardized monitoring protocol for the monarch butterfly, which during the last three years has provided important records for butterfly conservation in the […]
Biological Monitoring Program in APFF Laguna Madre y Delta del Rio Bravo, and Santuario Playa de Rancho Nuevo
Through the biological monitoring program at the Laguna Madre and Delta del Río Bravo Flora and Fauna Protection Area and Playa de Rancho Nuevo Sanctuary, the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes), the Temporary Employment Program (Programa de Empleo Temporal—PET) and community watch program (Programa de Vigilancia Comunitaria—Provicom), monarch […]
Biological Monitoring Program in National Park Cumbres de Monterrey
With the launch of the biological monitoring program at protected natural areas, the implementation of the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes) and the application of the national standardized monitoring protocol, monarch butterfly monitoring has been energetically carried out in the northern regional of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Among […]
Biological Species Monitoring Program
Through the biological monitoring program at the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, and with the implementation of the Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes) in this protected natural area, monarch butterfly monitoring has been energetically carried out in recent years in the eastern Sierra Gorda region, applying the national standardized […]
Bring Back the Monarchs Native Milkweed Campaign and the Milkweed Market, Expanding the Monarch Waystation Program
“Monarch Watch is taking a novel approach to building the commercial availability of regionally-sourced milkweed plants, while concurrently creating a demand for these plants so that native plant suppliers are motivated to support this effort long term. Monarch Watch staff are collecting, processing, storing, and shipping milkweed seeds and plants, recruiting milkweed buyers, coordinating production […]
Bring Back the Monarchs to Texas
Started in 2013, the Native Plant Society of Texas provides funding through a small-money grant application process for the creation or maintenance of monarch demonstration gardens and Monarch Waystations through purchase of native milkweed and nectar plants. Sites are public, so as to promote monarch habitat conservation, outreach and education to a wide audience. The […]
Bringing Back the Prairie, Building Habitat for Monarchs
“The US Corn Belt is the heart of the eastern monarch’s breeding ground, and abundant milkweed is needed in this region to maintain and increase monarch numbers. Every year across Iowa, the Iowa DNR Prairie Resource Center supports restoration of 1,500–2,700 acres [600–1,092 hectares] of tallgrass prairie habitat on land recently acquired and managed by […]
Butterfly conservation through education, culture monitoring and research
“Eco-Monarca was created as an initiative of biologists interested in the conservation of the monarch butterfly. Some of its members have worked for more than 20 years in the biology and ecology of monarch butterflies. Since 2006 they have participated with the American organization Monarch Butterfly Fund in the environmental education of the monarch butterfly. […]
Butterfly Heroes
The Butterfly Heroes habitat program is designed to help monarch and other butterflies by creating habitat through individual gardens across the United States. Participants sign up to take the Butterfly Hero pledge, which involves planting a garden that provides food, water and places to lay eggs, for monarchs. For taking the pledge, participants receive a […]
Clean Water and Pollinator Grant Awards
Pollinator habitat has many co-benefits with important conservation issues such as water quality and soil erosion. Habitat conservation and restoration opportunities may exist within local and state water quality programs, such as Soil and Water Conservation Districts. For example, the Indiana County Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ water quality grant program provided funding for agricultural […]
Collaborative Restoration of Monarch Butterfly Habitat on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
“The US Forest Service will enhance and restore approximately 500 acres [200 hectares] of meadows and other suitable areas of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest with native milkweeds and other native nectar producing plants to provide habitat for monarch caterpillars and adults. Native milkweed and nectar seeds will be collected, grown out at nurseries, and […]
College of Western Idaho Monarch Project
The college of Western Idaho is “currently mapping the distribution and abundance of milkweed species and breeding monarch butterflies in Southern Idaho (beginning in the western Treasure Valley near Nampa and Boise). [Its] project leverages student and community volunteers and uses the ArcGIS collector app to accomplish mapping efforts. Data will be used to conduct […]
Commonwealth Conservation Land Tax Credit
Landowners in Massachusetts can donate all or a portion of their property to permanently protect (Conservation Restriction) significant natural resources on their land, for compensation through Massachusetts’s Commonwealth Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC). The CLTC program administered by the state’s Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs offers tax credits of up to US$75,000 to landowners […]
Community Interaction Program
The Community Interaction Program is a grant program administered by the St. Lawrence Action Plan to address environmental issues and benefit biodiversity in the St. Lawrence area. The grant program is competitive, with all funding for the 2016/2017 period already allocated to projects submitted in 2015. Eligible projects under this grant include but are not […]
Community Surveillance Program (Programa de Vigilancia Comunitaria, PROVICOM)
Conanp’s Provicom program provides support to create and equip community watch committees in protected natural areas under federal jurisdiction and their areas of influence, as well as at so-called Priority Conservation Regions (Regiones Prioritarias para la Conservation—RPCs). These committees perform preventive activities as a strategy to foster social involvement in oversight and monitoring activities, and […]
Community Surveillance Program (PROVICOM)
With the implementation of brigades under the Community Watch Program (Programa de Vigilancia Comunitaria—Provicom), along with the monitoring activities established in the annual operating program of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, the monarch butterfly undergoes ongoing monitoring in the western Sierra Gorda region. Thanks to the training of the watch brigades, the national standardized monitoring […]
Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program
This tax relief incentive program provides 100% property tax exemption for lands (1) identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) as “provincially significant wetland, provincially significant areas of natural and scientific interest (ANSI) (life science or earth science category), habitat of a regulated endangered species (as specifically defined by the CLTIP habitat […]
Conservation Program for Species at Risk (Programa de Conservación de Especies en Riesgo, PROCER)
Procer is a subsidy program administered by Conanp, intended to contribute to the conservation of at-risk species and their habitat by promoting the collaboration and participation of higher education and research institutions, civil society organizations, communal farms and communities. Its projects include the biological monitoring of species, ecosystem restoration, research studies and the strengthening of […]
Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (PROCODES)
The Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible—Procodes), along with the monitoring activities established in the annual operating program of the Priority Conservation Region (Región Prioritaria para la Conservation—RPC) at the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, complements monarch butterfly monitoring in the central region of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Over the […]
Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible, PROCODES)
The Conservation Program for Sustainable Development (Procodes) is a Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales—Semarnat) program, administered by Conanp through regional offices and natural protected areas, that provides financial support and technical assistance for habitat conservation and restoration projects (Semarnat 2016). Landowners can directly apply to Procodes, and […]
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
These resources provide information regarding an incentive identified in the Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project report (USDA NRCS 2015), the USDA FSA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). CRP is also identified as a federal incentive contributing to pollinator conservation by Stine et al. (2015), CRP lands will be targeted to a lesser degree than other federal […]
Conservation Stewardship Program
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources administers the state’s Conservation Stewardship Program, which provides tax relief for qualifying properties. The program targets lands that provide habitat for Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCNs), as well as works to reduce fragmentation of native habitats, address invasive species concerns and promote restoration. Although the monarch is not […]
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
These resources provide information regarding an incentive identified in the report Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project, of the USDA NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) (USDA NRCS 2015a). CSP is also identified as a federal incentive contributing to pollinator conservation, by Stine et al. (2015). CSP is recommended in the Midwest subregion, though to a lesser […]
Conservation Tax Credit Program
South Carolina’s Conservation Tax Credit Program is designed to provide tax incentives to private “landowners who donate qualified land or conservation easements” to a “qualified conservation organization” to promote land stewardship in the state. The program is part of the Conservations Incentive Act, a “law [that] allows a taxpayer who is entitled to and claims […]
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
The USDA NRCS Conservation Technical Assistance Program (CTA) is a voluntary free service available to agricultural producers interested in natural resource conservation on their farms. Technical assistance can address natural resources concerns related to water quality and quantity, wildlife habitat, recreation, land management, sustainability and agricultural operations. While this program does not provide financial incentives, […]
Coordinating Restoration of Professionally Managed Lands, Rights-of-Way, & Agricultural Lands
“The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois will facilitate collaboration for the installation of monarch friendly plantings on college and university campuses, conduct habitat monitoring and support habitat restoration projects on critical landscapes, develop and maintaining a habitat database for new projects installed across the restoration corridor, facilitate the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working […]
Correo Real
Correo Real is a Profauna program founded in 1992 by Rocio Treviño. Correo Real focuses on recording monarch observations in the northern states of Mexico. Most of the observations come from volunteers in Coahuila and Nuevo León (Oberhauser et al. 2015). Correo Real’s network of citizen scientists has over 200 volunteers. Like Journey North, students […]
CP42: Pollinator Habitat
A practice funded under the US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency’s (USDA FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), CP-42-Pollinator Habitat Initiative has a specific funding incentive, including a signing incentive payment (SIP) up to US$150 per 0.4 hectares (1 acre), an annual rental payment based on the soil rental rate, and a possible Performance Incentive […]
Creating Habitat in Corporate Landscapes and Utility ROW Areas
Pollinator Partnership (P2) has developed a series of monarch habitat guides aimed at educating land and facility managers about the benefits of pollinator conservation. “The Monarch Habitat Development Manuals offer step-by-step guidance for land managers to transform their ROWs into beneficial monarch habitat. The manuals contain regionalized planting guides to assist with the plant selection […]
David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyways Research
Starting in September 2015, the David Suzuki Foundation has been partnering with researchers at the University of Guelph to “find the most ecological and cost-effective methods to restore monarch habitat—providing scientifically-based guidance for the growing movement to recover dwindling pollinators through habitat restoration” along linear infrastructure corridors such as train corridors, city parks and utility […]
Developing Integrated Pest Management for Milkweed Seed Producers
“Increasing the availability of milkweed seed is a major component of our recovery strategy for restoring the monarch butterfly population. However, milkweed seed availability continues to be a problem for restoration managers and gardeners looking for the appropriate, local milkweed to plant. The Xerces Society has been working with commercial native seed producers and experts […]
Development of Biodiversity in Agricultural Areas (Programme de mise en valeur de la biodiversité en milieu agricole)
The Programme de mise en valeur de la biodiversité en milieu agricole is an incentive program targeting the protection and enhancement of wildlife habitat in agricultural lands. Public or private organizations may apply, and collaboration with a wildlife organization is required. Individuals are not eligible to apply directly; however, written confirmation of agricultural producers’ participation […]
Development of Western Monarch Overwintering Site Resources
“Most western monarchs migrate to specific overwintering locations along the Pacific coastline of California. To better understand the status of western monarchs and the condition of their California overwintering sites, the Xerces Society created a database with detailed information about hundreds of California monarch overwintering locations. Based on commonly recognized overwintering site characteristics, they developed […]
DNR Pollinator Best Management Practices and Habitat Restoration Guidelines
The Guidelines report provides a description of recommended BMPs for pollinators on Minnesota DNR lands or in projects and are intended to provide multi-species benefits, both for a diverse group of pollinators (bees, butterflies, flies, others) and other species (upland game birds, native plant communities, others). Enhancement of existing habitat, as well as creation or […]
Draft Pollinator-Friendly Best Management Practices for Federal Lands
This draft report introduces Federal lands BMP guidance from the USDA and USDOI, directed toward US federal departments and agencies. It provides prescriptive information regarding pollinator habitat enhancement and persistence, as well as protection of pollinators in the course of habitat management. Recommendations are outlined for a range of land uses/land covers (LULCs), including forest, […]
Draft Wisconsin Pollinator Protection Plan
Wisconsin’s draft pollinator protection plan is one example of pollinator BMPs currently being developed in the US at the state level. The Wisconsin plan includes specific sections that cover “Best Management Practices for Improving Pollinator Habitat in Prairies, Roadsides & Open Spaces” and for “Maximizing Pollinator Health and Pollination Services on Farms.” This document is […]
Driftless Area Monarch Habitat Restoration & Education
“The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation will restore and maintain 94 acres [38 hectares] of monarch habitat on protected conservation lands in the milkweed restoration corridor. The project will also conduct outreach and education to local and regional landowners to help establish additional acres [hectares] of monarch habitat on private lands” (Edelen 2015). The restoration to […]
Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairie Restoration, Enhancement, & Maintenance
“The Nature Conservancy will restore 75 acres [30 hectares], enhance 960 acres [388 hectares], and maintain 3,860 acres [1,562 hectares] of prairie habitat at Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairies within the Grand River Grasslands of northern Missouri. The project will also result in the harvest, cleaning, and planting more than 1,000 pounds [0.45 metric tons] […]