2007 Season Tag Recoveries
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 5:30 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico, Monarch Tagging | No Comments »
Predicting the number of monarch tags recovered in Mexico each winter is a bit of a guessing game. If we hear of a winter storm causing a lot of mortality at the colonies, we can anticipate that many tags will ...
Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 1:32 pm by ChipFiled under Mexico, Monarch Conservation | No Comments »
In a previous blog entry ("Deforestation and Monarch Conservation") I outlined my concerns about the loss of monarch habits in both the United States and Mexico. Although my intention in the earlier piece was to draw attention to problems confronting ...
Deforestation and Monarch Conservation
Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico, Monarch Conservation | No Comments »
The rapid degradation of monarch habitats in both Mexico and the United States is now too compelling to ignore. We must act. DEFORESTATION AND MONARCH CONSERVATION Chip Taylor (Monarch Watch) 13 March 2008 Earlier this month, Lincoln Brower, Dan Slayback, Robert Simmon, and Isabel ...
Where in the World?
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 11:30 am by JimFiled under Mexico | 3 Comments »
Some of you may have noticed that we have been out of touch this month. So where in the world were we? Instead of giving you 1,000 words at this time, I think a quick photo of Ann and I ...
Crackdown on Illegal Logging in Mexico
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 9:19 am by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico | No Comments »
Nibble, nibble, nibble... Each year illegal logging nibbles away at the forests in the Monarch Biosphere Reserve. These activities originate with local residents in some communities and with outside businesses that hire and organize crews to invade forest plots, often at ...
New Tree Nursery Near Cerro Pelon
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 7:41 am by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico | 2 Comments »
The monarch colonies in Mexico are scattered over a number of distinct mountains. Among these is Cerro Pelon, a mountain near Zitácuaro that harbors 1-3 relatively small monarch colonies each year. Although it ranks as the third most important monarch ...
“Monarch River” at Cerro Pelon
Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 8:26 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico, Monarch Migration | 8 Comments »
Last October, our tagging program was featured in an ABC World News segment ("A Nation on Monarch Watch"). This segment utilized some of my footage (shot in March, 2007) of streaming monarchs at Cerro Pelon in central Mexico. To stand ...