Read the Illinois Monarch Project Agriculture Action Plan at www.ilagformonarchs.org. Contact a participating partner for an electronic copy of this mowing guidance. Sources and additional resources: Haan, Nathan L., Douglas A. Landis. “Grassland disturbance increases monarch butterfly oviposition and decreases arthropod predator abundance”. Biological Conservation. 2019; 233: 185-192. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.209.03.007. Michigan State University Extension. “How to protect and increase pollinators in your landscape”. 2016. https://www. canr.msu.edu/publications/how_to_protect_and_increase_ pollinators_in_your_landscape Monarch Joint Venture. “Mowing and Management: Best Practices for Monarchs”. https://monarchjointventure.org/ images/uploads/documents/MowingForMonarchs.pdf United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Important Plants and Plant Lists of the Monarch Butterfly – Midwest Region.” https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/PA_NRCSConsumption/ download?cid=nrcseprd1381428&ext=pdf United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Insects and Pollinators”. https:// www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/il/plantsanimals/ insects+and+pollinators United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Monarch Butterflies”. https://www. nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/plantsanimals/ pollinate/?cid=nrcseprd402207 United States Fish & Wildlife Service. “Save the monarch butterfly: get involved as an agricultural producer”. https:// www.fws.gov/savethemonarch/agriculture.html Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. “Agriculture: How to Farm for Pollinators”. https://xerces.org/pollinator- conservation/agriculture