The WMNIP Working Group will host the Take Flight 2024 3-day Virtual Partners Meeting on September 5, September 10, and September 12, 2024. The meeting will review WAFWA Western Monarch Conservation Plan (WMCP) advancements and implementation, discuss future monarch conservation priorities and revisions, and emphasize the WMCP as a roadmap amid possible monarch listing. Additionally, it will introduce collaborative efforts aimed at regional native insect pollinator conservation beyond monarchs, including the development of a west-wide bumble bee conservation strategy.

September 12 will feature presenters, Rich Hatfield, Saff Killingsworth, and Molly Martin. This event it hosted by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

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Rich Hatfield - Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Bumble Bee Conservation Lead - Xerces Society


Saff Killingsworth - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, State of the Bees Initiative - Xerces Society


Molly Martin - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Pacific Northwest - Xerces Society