Iowa Monarch Conservation Field Day - 7/24/2017
On behalf of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium and the USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program, the Iowa State University monarch research team invites you to a monarch conservation field day! Coffee/check-in will be 9:00 - 9:15am on Monday, July 24, 2017. Presentations from 9:15am - Noon will include: - monarch habitat establishment and water quality - selection of habitat plant species - monarch preference among native milkweed species - life stages of the monarch butterfly - weed management in conservation plantings Location: the 23-acre Field Extension Education Lab (FEEL) just west of Ames, Iowa at 1928 240th Street, Boone, IA 50036 Please register today to help us plan for your visit! Share with others via #fieldday!