MCD OutputDat CONUS 120920

This is shapefile of data collected through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monarch Conservation Database (MCD) summarized at the county-level. The spatial extent of the data is the continental United States. Summary data includes the number of completed, implemented, or planned conservation efforts in each county, the number of acres of conservation effort, and an estimate of the number of milkweed stems added to the landscape as a result of conservation efforts. All of the data was provided on a voluntary basis by registered users of the MCD. This data was used in the monarch species status assessment to evaluate the current level of conservation effort, and project future levels of conservation effort.