On January 6, the Monarch Joint Venture welcomed the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to the MJV Partnership, a group of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs working together to protect the monarch migration across the United States.

DCNR actively promotes pollinator health through habitat creation and education and is in the process of expanding their programs to more directly support the monarch butterfly.

Some of their projects include pollinator gardens at Park Offices and Forest Resource Management Centers, as well as the implementation of pollinator habitat along right of way corridors, roadsides and herbaceous openings.

DCNR is also using native plants and pollinator habitat to help restore the land around abandoned mines.

DCNR sees monarchs and pollinators as critical to ecosystem health and human wellbeing and hopes to highlight the importance of pollinators in their habitat and education projects.

The MJV is delighted to be partnering with them in this work!

Click Here for the announcement.

For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the Monarch Joint Venture website.

For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website, Click Here to sign up for the Resource newsletter, Visit the Good Natured DCNR Blog,  Click Here for upcoming events, Click Here to hook up with DCNR on other social media-- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

DCNR Resource Links:

-- Landscaping With Native Plants

-- Lawn Conversion To Meadow

-- DCNR Blog: Gardening With Native Plants This Spring

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-- National Pollinator Week Series: Articles On How People Are Taking Action To Help Pollinators

-- PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

-- Pennsylvania Makes Strides To Protect Its Pollinators

[Posted: January 6, 2021]

1/11/2021