Forests For Monarchs

2014 annual report

table oF contents

1).................................................................................... About Forests for Monarchs2)............................................................................................ Reforestation Overiew3-4)......................................................................................... Educational Initiatives5)................................................................................................. Financial Overview

La Cruz Habitat tree nursery.

about Forests For Monarchs

Since the early 1990s, the monarch butterfly population has drastically and dan-gerously decreased to near endangerment. The decline can be directly linked to loss of winter habitat due to unsustainable logging and clear-cutting in Mexico; mass use of pesticides and herbicides in the U.S. and Canada that kill milkweed, the plant crucial to the monarch’s breeding survival; mass use of neonicotinoids (neonics) that kill pollinators through poisoned nectar; as well as global climate change.

Forests for Monarchs (FFM), a program of La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, Inc., reforests land in and around the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve and Highland Lakes Area of Michoacán, Mexico, where millions of monarch butterflies spend each winter.

Our goal is save the monarch butterfly while creating a sustainable lifestyle and livelihood for the surrounding communities.

2014 reForestation eFForts

In 2014 we successfully planted One MIllIOn tRees

tree planting results in highland lakes territory

Location # Of Trees Planted Tree Species

Casas Blancas 7,500 Pinus PseudostrobusCasa de jesucristo/Patzcuaro 5,000 Pinus Greggii 5,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus AyacahuiteSan Jose-Patzcuaro 5,000 Pinus PseudostrobusLoma Bonita Patzcuaro 2,800 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus GreggiiCapilla N.tro S.ra de Guadalupe- Patz 3,000 Pinus AyacahuiteSanta Juane Patzcuaro 5,000 Pinus PseudostrobusJauas Poraiso – Patzcuaro 3,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 3,000 Pinus GreggiiC.E. Patzcuaro 2,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 2,000 Pinus AyacahuiteJ.B. Patzcuaro 15,500 Pinus PseudostrobusC.C. – Rivera de Lago de – Patz 10,900 Pinus Pseudostrobus 2,000 Pinus GreggiiM.O. – Estribo Grande – Patz 2,000 Pinus GreggiiFrancisco Javier Clavijero/Zirahuen 5,800 Pinus PseudostrobusCerro Blanco Patzcuaro 24,000 Pinus PseudostrobusA.M. Patzcuaro M.u.h. 15,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 500 Cedro BlancoS.A. Patzcuaro 2,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 3,000 Pinus Ayacahuite 600 Cedro BlancoYuretzio N.pio – Patzcuaro 5,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 3,000 Pinus Greggii 2,000 Pinus Ayacahuite Total: 141,600

*Documented locations

tree planting results in Monarch butterFly territory

2014 reForestation eFForts cont.

Location # Of Trees Planted Tree Species

Chapultepoc 7,300 Pinus Pseudostrobus 1,000 Pinus AyacahuiteOcampo 10,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus GreggiiRefugio 500 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus Greggii 15,000 Pinus AyacahuiteRancho de Alvarez 8,200 Pinus PseudostrobusYuretzio Tenencia de Cuanajo 5,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus Greggii 5,000 Pinus AyacahuiteSanta Juana 4,300 Pinus PseudostrobusS. Clara, Salvador Escolante, Mich 3,300 Pinus PseudostrobusComunidad la Tinaja 10,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 5,000 Pinus Greggii 5,000 Pinus AyacahuiteMunicipio de Quirga 20,500 Pinus PseudostrobusTurraan el alto M.pro San Salvador 4,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus Escalante 2,000 Pinus Greggii 2,000 Pinus AyacahuiteT.B. San Salvador Escalante 5,000 Pinus PseudostrobusP.A. Blanca – Santa Clara del Cobre 6,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 600 Pinus GreggiiRancho Abelen – Tenbucharo 3,300 Pinus PseudostrobusT. Salvador Escalante 31,600 Pinus Pseudostrobus 2,921 Pinus Greggii 5,000 Pinus AyacahuiteSanta Juana 11,500 Pinus PseudostrobusComunidad las Palmitas 10,000 Pinus PseudostrobusT.A. Municipio de Santa Clara de 5,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus CobreSt A. Juana 2,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 2,000 Pinus Greggii 5,000 Pinus AyacahuiteJoya de los Molinos 5,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 4,000 Pinus Greggii 200 Pinus AyacahuiteCol los Preyes 3,000 Pinus Pseudostrobus 2,000 Pinus GreggiiCuanajo 3,500 Pinus PseudostrobusOjo de Agua 3,500 Pinus Pseudostrobus 3,500 Pinus Greggii 500 Cedro BlancoCerra del ojo Agua 3,500 Pinus Pseudostrobus 1,000 Pinus Greggii Total: 249,721

educational initiativesAn important part of our reforestation efforts is educational training. At Forests for Monarchs, we’re not only planting trees, but ensuring sustainable maintenance and harvesting of the forests for future generations. To achieve this, we partner with lo-cal schools and communities to encourage hands-on involvement.

Our work with schools includes: hosting planting events in the biosphere and local communities, (where students can learn through experience about the planting and growth cycle of trees and forests) and tours of the biosphere and La Cruz tree nurs-ery to learn about the growth cycle firsthand.

When we partner with local communities, our work includes: seedling donations to public and private landowners, educational training on the importance of sustain-able forestry, instruction on planting and harvesting methods, and information about the economic benefits of regrowing forestland in the region.

Financial overviewRevenue Foundations & Corporations Individuals Grants & Other Non-Profits Total: $312,872

Expenses Program Services Tree Seedling Production Tree Seedling Transportation/Distribution Monitoring/Technical Support Subtotal: $213,497

Support Services Contract Services $28,163 Accounting $5,750 Travel & Meetings $6,429 Subtotal: $40,342 Total: $253,839 Expense Allocation Forests For Monarchs Reforestation Contract Services Subtotal: $280,627

Administration Contract Services Travel & Meetings $6,429 Accounting $5,750 Other Expenses Subtotal: $12,179

Fundraising Contract Services $2,751 Subtotal: $2,751 Total: $295,557