The summer months are here, and that means the return of the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz! Now in its ninth year, the Blitz will take place from July 25 to August 3. This event invites individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico, and the United States to participate in a trinational effort to collect data on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. Organized by ten partner organizations across North America, the Blitz encourages everyone to contribute to monarch butterfly conservation, and all you have to do is submit your sightings of monarchs and milkweed to Journey North (or a partner organization) during these 10 days! Data collected during the Blitz will be published in the Trinational Monarch Knowledge Network, a repository of information available for anyone to consult and download. This snapshot of monarch and milkweed distribution helps scientists better understand how to protect and conserve one of North America’s most iconic species.