Timeline of the Disaster in Angangueo

18 February 2010 | Author: Monarch Watch

The notes that follow are reconstructions of the disastrous events that occurred in the municipality of Angangueo (in the area of the monarch butterfly overwintering sites in Mexico) from 31 January to 10 February 2010. This timeline is based ...

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Disaster in Mexico

17 February 2010 | Author: Monarch Watch

There has been a disaster of extraordinary proportions in the heart of the monarch overwintering area. Unprecedented rainfall from 31 January - 4 February led to flooding and landslides that resulted in the loss of many lives and the near ...

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2008 Season Monarch Tag Recoveries – First Look

25 April 2009 | Author: Monarch Watch

We've posted a preliminary list of Monarch Watch tags recovered at the monarch overwintering sites in Mexico this spring. We are still proofreading this listing and will be revising and/or adding to it as we receive new information. As before, ...

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A Monarch Watch Visit to the Monarch Reserves in Mexico

27 March 2009 | Author: Chip Taylor

Some months ago Dennis Curtin, a writer of ebook instruction manuals on how to use specific cameras, contacted us concerning an ebook he is creating about monarchs. One communication and idea led to another as we discussed the development and ...

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Monarch Watch Trip to Mexico (overview)

9 March 2009 | Author: Chip Taylor

We have just returned from our annual trip to Mexico to purchase tags recovered at the overwintering sites. This is just a brief overview of the trip - a more detailed report will be posted soon. We purchased about 1,000 tags ...

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Abies religiosa and Danaus plexippus

3 March 2009 | Author: Jim Lovett

Daniel Mosquin, Education and Technology Manager at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, recently posted some photos and video taken at the Sierra Chincua Monarch Butterfly Reserve in Mexico. If you'd like to learn a bit more ...

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World on the Move: Great Animal Migrations

1 March 2009 | Author: Chip Taylor

Last year at this time I was working with a BBC Radio crew in Mexico to record observations of the overwintering monarch population - as a part of their “World on the Move” series of programs in which they followed ...

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2007 Season Tag Recoveries

8 April 2008 | Author: Monarch Watch

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 ...

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Monarch Butterfly Conservation

26 March 2008 | Author: Chip Taylor

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 ...

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Deforestation and Monarch Conservation

21 March 2008 | Author: Monarch Watch

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 ...

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