For Earth Day, the team unveiled additional steps to their Illinois Monarch Project (IMP) – an agriculture action plan that will enhance monarch preservation efforts.

 

The group spent over two years developing the plan, which includes adding 150 million more milkweed

 

Sixteen organizations and state agencies with ties to agriculture unveiled an action plan for monarch conservation as part of the Illinois Monarch Project. April 22, 2019.

 

stems in Illinois over the next 20 years and working closely with farmers, teachers and students to raise awareness.