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MONARCH BUTTERFLY FUND

Conserving the Migration

Madison, WI   |  www.monarchconservation.org

Mission

Foster the conservation of North American Monarch butterflies and their migration through habitat restoration, research, monitoring, education and community development in and near the monarch overwintering areas in Mexico.

Ruling year info

1998

Board Chair

Mr. Don Davis

Main address

4038 Cherokee Drive

Madison, WI 53711 USA

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Formerly known as

Michoacan Reforestation Fund/Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation

EIN

94-3299134

NTEE code info

Forest Conservation (C36)

Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C. (S99)

Natural Resource Conservation and Protection (C30)

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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Our mission is to foster the conservation of North American monarch butterflies and their migration through habitat restoration, research, monitoring, education and support for sustainable community development in and near monarch habitats in Mexico. Our vision is to provided healthy ecosystems and sustainable communities that preserve North American Monarch butterflies and their spectacular migration in perpetuity.

Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Reforestation and Habitat Conservation

In partnership with other organizations and local communities we support reforestation efforts and conservation of watersheds in the monarch butterfly area. We also support monitoring and restoration of forests that have been logged and/or affected by extreme weather events. All our activites are evaluated periodically so we can learn from our experience and improve our practices.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Conduct workshops to train community members to become tourist guides in the monarch butterfly overwintering sites. Teach schoolchildren about monarch biology and their migration. Support monitoring of monarch populations through citizen science.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Conduct participatory community workshops on sustainable activities such as the construction of fuel-efficient stoves , rainwater capturing cisterns, organic farming, and reforestation.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Support assisted migration experiments where seedlings are planted at different altitudes to help optimize reforestation strategies as well as determine the viability of assisted migration to compensate for future climate change. These experiments are geared towards gaining more information that will scientifically support establishing altitudinal limits for monarch butterfly overwintering sites in the future.
We are also supporting the design of a a tiny solar-powered sensor to determine the daily flight path of migrating monarchs. This innovative system will help us learn more about the monarch migration and its implications for improving our conservation efforts.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Adults

Where we work

Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

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The Monarch Butterfly Fund's (MBF) ultimate goal is to foster the continued survival of the monarch butterfly and their migration through a multifaceted conservation strategy. We work closely with local communities who live in and near the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve using participatory methodologies. Our expected outcomes are the conservation of the overwintering sites of the monarch butterfly in Mexico and the involvement of local communities in forest conservation to improve their standard of living through sustainable activities that relieve pressure on the forests where the monarchs overwinter.

Our strategy to reach our goals includes establishing partnerships with other non-profit organizations who are active in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve and projects that forward our mission and supporting and implementing forest conservation, scientific research and monitoring, education and outreach, and sustainable development strategies.

MBF has no staff but all board members have been involved with monarch conservation for more than 30 years. Their expertise and the partnerships they have established in Mexico are our biggest asset. Administrative and support activities are carried out by an external consultant.

Since our organization was established we have supported and implemented reforestation projects within and around the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve every year. We have established partnerships with local organizations and communities, working with them to carry out our projects. We believe our constant presence in the area and our outreach efforts will help us reach our ultimate goal of preserving the monarch migration and improving the well-being of local communities.

Financials

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MONARCH BUTTERFLY FUND

Board of directors
as of 03/09/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Don Davis

Citizen Scientist Toronto

Karen Oberhauser

Director, UW-Madison Arboretum, Wisconsin

Don Davis

Citizen Scientist Toronto, Canada

Gail Morris

Southwest Monarch Study, Arizona

Eli Moreno

Premier Residential, Seattle

Isabel Ramirez

UNAM’s Center for Research in Environmental Geography, Mexico

Ek del Val de Gortari

UNAM's Ecosystems and Sustainability Research Institute, Mexico

Alfonso Alonso

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington D.C.

Ernest Williams

Hamilton College, NY

Organizational demographics

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