IOWA LINKS
Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium - established in February 2015 through the efforts of numerous Iowa farmer, livestock producer, commodity and conservation organizations; Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
http://monarch.ent.iastate.edu
Milkweed Matters: The Official RAGBRAI Team - A group of Milkweed and Monarchs enthusiasts, including members of Monarchs in Eastern Iowa, who toss milkweed seedballs across the entire state of Iowa during the each year's RAGBRAI ride.
www.milkweedmatters.org www.facebook.com/milkweedmatters
Monarch Research Project
Monarch Zones™: MRP has established over 70 locations in and around Cedar Rapids, Iowa in our first two seasons. Our goal is to double this number in each of the next 3 years. Monarch Zones utilize the 6x6 Monarch BioTent as rearing enclosure.
facebook.com/monarchzones/
monarchzones.com/
Des Moines Great Monarch Initiative
Facebook public group that was created in Spring 2015 as a simple idea to give free milkweed seeds to residents promising to create a butterfly garden to provide forage and privation for monarch offspring and nectar flowers for all pollinators.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1628164524095306/
This website is for all of you who would like to begin raising monarchs, but are not sure how to start. I want to help you see how easy it can be. It is cheap, fun, and most of all, REWARDING.
www.thecaterpillarchronicles.com/
Muscatine Pollinator Project
Facebook group which works to provide youth / adult education programs and to create and enhance new pollinator habitats. facebook.com/groups/257098324636125/
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NATIONAL
Monarch Watch- pretty much everything you need to know about Monarchs and how to raise them. Become familiar with this site!
http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Make a Monarch Waystation
http://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/
http://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/download.html
Monarch Join Venture - Excellent resource to explore and learn
http://monarchjointventure.org/
Journey North/Monarch Butterflies - Excellent resource to explore and learn
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Save the Monarch Butterfly
http://www.fws.gov/savethemonarch/
GROWING FOR MONARCHS
Help Monarchs with the Right Milkweeds
http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/help-monarchs-with-the-right-milkweeds/
Growing Milkweed for Monarchs
http://www.ourhabitatgarden.org/creatures/milkweed-growing.html
Milkweeds for Monarch Waystations Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milkweeds-for-Monarch-Waystations/595805343782652
Who's Who in the Milkweed Patch? Other insects you may see on milkweed plants
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/milkweed_ecology_answers.html
Selecting Plants for Pollinators
http://www.pollinator.org/PDFs/Guides/PrairieParklandrx12FINAL.pdf
US Fish and Wildlife Service - How to build a pollinator garden
https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/PollinatorGarden.html
How to build a butterfly garden in your backyard
https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/how-to-build-backyard-butterfly-garden/
