Send Us Your Data

2 November 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

Please send us your datasheets as soon as you complete them. We use the data from the tagging to estimate the size and mortality of the fall monarch population as well as to determine the migration history of every monarch ...

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Tag Recovery Fund

2 November 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

Due to the abundance of monarchs this fall, we anticipate several hundred and possibly even 1,000 monarch tags will be available for purchase in Mexico this winter. Currently, the fund's balance is $2500.00 which will allow the purchase of 500 ...

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Local Tagging Event a success!

9 October 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

Monarch Watch and the Jayhawk Audubon Society (JAS) sponsored a morning of tagging at the Baker Wetlands (Lawrence, KS) on Saturday, September 16th. In 5 hours more than 300 people helped tag over 3000 butterflies. Cool temperatures kept the butterflies ...

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Tagging Events

10 September 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

15 September 2001 - Baker-Haskell Wetlands, Lawrence, KS Monarch Watch, in collaboration with the Jayhawk Audubon Society, Kansas Sierra Club, Kansas University Environmental Studies Student Association and the Lawrence Free State Biology Club, is sponsoring a monarch tagging event at the ...

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Why only 250,000 tags?

10 September 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

Several members have asked why we only distribute 250,000 tags each year since the demand for tags seems to exceed this number. The short answer is economics - the tagging program costs at least $60,000 to run each year and ...

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2001 Tagging Kits: Going, going…

17 August 2001 | Author: Monarch Watch

We are currently shipping the 2001 Tagging Kits and the tags are going fast! We have already received orders for 190,000 of the 250,000 tags available this year. In order to accommodate everyone that wants to participate in the tagging ...

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