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. The WMC has no paid staff, just lots of volunteers with big hearts and ambitions.
Originally formed in 2017, the WMC brought together over 50 partner organizations and agencies to promote monarch collaboration in Wisconsin.
Our primary goal is to work together to increase monarch habitat throughout the state by educating folks across our interest groups about the importance of pollinator habitat.
As part of the 2019-2038 Wisconsin Monarch Conservation Strategy, developed by WMC, we set a goal of increasing the number of milkweed stems in the state by 119 million by 2038. We hope you’ll join us in working towards that goal!
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.
