Unwilling to risk the loss of this species forever, more than 40 organizations founded the Oklahoma Monarch & Pollinator Collaborative (OMPC) in 2016 and created a plan to increase Monarch habitat in the effort to give this butterfly, and other pollinators, a fighting chance to stay off the federal Endangered Species List and thrive once more. The Conservation Coalition of Oklahoma Foundation and National Wildlife Federation are founding members of the Collaborative. This month, the OMPC launched Okies for Monarchs, a statewide campaign to educate, engage and support Oklahomans in the creation of more habitat and nectar sources for monarchs and pollinators. This campaign is part of the OMPC statewide plan and features okiesformonarchs.org, a robust online resource with free access to tools and resources for all Oklahomans including residents, corporations, government, farmers/ranchers, tribal nations, teachers/students and artists. “This statewide plan is truly an all-hands on deck, cross-sector, statewide initiative,” said Mary Waller, OMPC director. “This is our best hope of boosting monarch populations, which will also result in better habitat for other pollinators and wildlife. The Okies for Monarchs campaign aims to engage a multitude of Oklahomans and encourage action on various land types.” A diverse consortium of subject-area experts and passionate citizen enthusiasts, OMPC includes but not limited to university professors in the botanical and biological fields; team members from state and federal conservation organizations; representatives of governmental wildlife and infrastructure agencies.
Get to know the Okies for Monarchs website and share it with your community. The site
highlights real ways Oklahomans can help the monarchs, such as: planting a pollinator garden, making a pledge (commitment to one or more activities), encouraging mayors to take the pledge, participating in a tagging event and using links to follow or report species sightings in our state. Visit, pledge and grow at okiesformonarchs.org
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