Safe for Monarchs is a Wisconsin program launched in 2026 that helps gardeners like you connect to nurseries that grow plants in ways that are are safe as nectar sources for adult monarchs and host plants for monarch caterpillars.
Look for the Safe for Monarchs logo when you shop with the participating partners listed on our Safe for Monarchs webpage! Labels will look like the image shown here, stuck to the pots of plants that are extra-good for monarchs. You might see signs or flyers near these plants too, depending on the nursery.
In December 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a “Threatened Species” under the Endangered Species Act. This species needs all of us working together to prevent it from moving into the Endangered category.
The Wisconsin Monarch Collaborative (WMC) is a community of monarch conservationists: individuals and community members, Master Naturalists and Master Gardeners, teachers, researchers, land managers, non-profit organizations… anyone! who is passionate about protecting and bolstering monarchs.
We work together to increase monarch habitat throughout the state by educating folks across our interest groups about the importance of pollinator habitat.
Free resources for anyone to use to increase monarch habitat in Wisconsin (and beyond!)
Monarch conservation in towns, cities, and urban greenspaces.
Support monarchs in agricultural settings.
Resources to enhance protected lands for monarch conservation.
Ways to make energy & transportation land compatible with monarch populations.
Our goal is to increase the quantity of native milkweed and nectar plants across the Wisconsin landscape through habitat creation and enhancement, communications and outreach, and research and monitoring.
