The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, established through the efforts of Iowa State University’s (ISU) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will take a science-based approach to bolster the monarch butterfly population and assist community-led implementation efforts.
Initial partners in the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium include farmer and conservation organizations, state agencies, companies and ISU.
Iowa is the center of the monarch butterfly’s breeding range in the summer. However, the monarch butterfly population has declined over the last decade,...
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