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. 2022 Apr 12;41(5):425–438. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21692

Table 2.

Example survey questions used in different steps of our collaborative program development to collect partner input and ideas before large‐group discussion

Collaborative process step Example partner survey questions
Documenting current organizational practices When reviewing your institution's current involvement in monarch conservation or awareness efforts, please check all of the activities that apply to your organization:
  • We have planted pollinator gardens on zoo/aquarium property
  • We have planted pollinator gardens in our community
  • We have a certified, monarch‐specific garden (Monarch Watch, NWF, etc.)
  • Zoo/aquarium staff monitor monarch populations
  • We promote citizen/community science for monarch monitoring
  • We rear monarch caterpillars and release them
  • We rear monarch caterpillars and release adult butterflies
  • We sell or give away milkweed
  • We have conservation education programs about monarchs/pollinators
  • We have onsite interpretation programs about monarchs/pollinators
  • We provide resources for people to learn more and help conserve monarchs
  • We promote partners working on monarch conservation
  • We philanthropically support partners working on monarch conservation
  • We advocate for monarch conservation legislation/governance practices
  • We promote sustainable resource use on behalf of monarchs
  • Other activities?
Collective visioning exercise
  • 1.
    It is 10 years into the future. The strategies developed by the SAFE Monarchs partners were implemented with success. Monarch butterflies are in a very different situation. In a few sentences, describe what that situation for monarchs looks like.
  • 2.
    It is 10 years into the future. AZA zoos' and aquariums' roles in conservation have evolved. In a few sentences, describe what that situation for zoos and aquariums looks like and how we got there.
PESTLE analysis (UNICEF, 2019)
  • 1.
    What political factors could influence monarch conservation work now or in the future?
  • 2.
    How could we design our monarch conservation strategies to prepare for these factors? Either to take advantage of them if they are potentially positive or to counter them if negative.
(Repeat for economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors)

Abbreviations: AZA, Association of Zoos and Aquariums; SAFE, Saving Animals From Extinction.