"Monarch Mentors" provides opportunities for nature enthusiasts to learn about: habitat restoration in order to re-establish healthy numbers of monarchs & pollinators and then to help educate the public to plant native milkweed species and nectar-rich plants. This seems the only way for the low monarch populations to return to previous healthy numbers.
Habitat. Habitat. Habitat.
Pollinator
Partnership
Pollinator Links
Videos:
http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination?language=en
DVD (80 minutes) issued April 16, 2013 and now streams on Netflix; a must see.
Federal Natural Resource agencies
http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/
Press release on the decision to study monarchs as an Endangered Species info here:
http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=96FACC7A-C908-A871-5F2F79416FDCF70D
Other resources
Poster on Monarchs and Milkweeds:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/plantsanimals/pollinate/
http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/
http://greatpollinatorproject.org
https://www.desertmuseum.org/pollination/monarchs.php
http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org
http://www.americasheartland.org/education/teachers/004_buzzy_buzzy_bee.pdf
Ten tricks for Pollinators:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/top-10-tricks-for-pollinators-1405285.htm
Wild Pollinators in eastern apple orchards and how to conserve them
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/wild_pollinators.pdf
Colorful website with lots of practical tips and advice for helping pollinators:
SARE free book download from xerces on alternative pollinators:
http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Alternative-Pollinators