Forgotten Victims of Harvey – the Pollinators
15 September 2017 | Author: Monarch WatchWe recently received the following account of the hurricane and the alarmingly low number of pollinators post-Harvey. ~Monarch Watch Forgotten Victims of Harvey – the Pollinators by Barbara Keller-Willy Director & Founder, Monarch Gateway President, Native Prairies Association of Texas (Written over the course of ...
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FWS/NRCS Conservation Plan
17 January 2017 | Author: Chip TaylorRestoring habitat for any species is complicated and requires a great deal of thought and lots of research to establish best practices. The following “plan” and set of guidelines was issued last Friday (13 January) under the title Monarch Butterfly Conference ...
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Why monarchs need Monarch Waystations
4 January 2017 | Author: JimWhy monarchs need Monarch Waystations (and habitat restoration) Chip Taylor and Jim Lovett Our interstates are populated with gas stations, restaurants, rest stops and other resources needed by travelers. These fueling stations for both vehicles and people are waystations for those of us ...
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Creating a Monarch Highway
1 December 2015 | Author: Chip TaylorMonarch Butterfly Recovery Plan: Part Two by Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch My first attempt at outlining a monarch recovery plan was written in March 2014 (http://monarchwatch.org/recovery-plan). Although monarch conservation has been discussed at federal and state levels as well as within and ...
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Free Milkweeds for Restoration Projects
4 June 2015 | Author: Monarch WatchThrough funding provided by Monsanto, we will be able to offer 100,000 free milkweed plugs for large-scale restoration projects in June and September of 2015 and through spring and fall 2016. Applicants for these free plugs are asked to describe ...
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Monarch Conservation: Our Choices
28 January 2015 | Author: Chip TaylorIn an earlier posting to this blog I commented on the "Petition to protect the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) under the Endangered Species Act" (see Commentary: Recent Petition to Protect the Monarch Butterfly). The commentary included notes about the ...
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Milkweed inventory – plants remaining
27 May 2014 | Author: JimAlthough we have been shipping milkweeds like crazy - about 30K so far - we still have a few - actually quite a few (22K)- plugs left that are well rooted and ready to ship. We need to find homes ...
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Monarch Butterfly Recovery Plan
25 March 2014 | Author: Chip TaylorThe following is a memo outlining a recovery plan for monarch butterflies. On 1 March I received an email from a person well connected with monarchs asking me to prepare a document, a prospectus or memo, for business ...
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Importance of Monarch Conservation
24 January 2014 | Author: Jimby Candy Sarikonda, Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist I am a nurse. A mother. A lover of nature. I want to make this world a better place. And monarchs are helping me do just that. Monarch conservation is important ...
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Moving for Monarchs (M4M)
19 December 2013 | Author: Chip Taylor"Moving For Monarchs" started with an email I received on the 20th of March. My inbox is flooded with emails, so many that I can't answer them all (and to those of you that I haven’t gotten back to – ...
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