Be a community scientist with the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP)! The MLMP team from Monarch Joint Venture and the UW-Madison Arboretum co-lead this virtual one-day trainings on how to collect data that contributes to our knowledge about the monarch population. Participants learn about monarch biology, monitoring procedures, and data entry protocols and are able to ask monarch biologists their questions about monarchs and monitoring. Workshops are relevant for both newcomers and individuals who are already participating in MLMP or another monarch citizen science project.

This live virtual training will focus on the monarch population in the southern US (east of the continental divide and south (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and all states in Mexico.) The timing of this course is approximately based on timing of the monarch migration and milkweed emergence. These trainings will focus on specific points related to these regions, but if a different date works better for your time or schedule, feel free to choose that date!

• January 29, 2025: Western region - west of the continental divide (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico) 
• May 7, 2025: Northern region - east of the continental divide and north (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and all Canadian provinces.) 

This year, registrants will also gain access to our new MLMP Online Course offered at the Monarch NECTAR Hub at learn.monarchjointventure.org after the live training is completed. This will include videos on identifying milkweed and more. A recording of the live training will also be available.

Certificates of completion can be issued for teachers, Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, etc. Please email learn@monarchjointventure.org after your course if one is needed.