Introduction . . . 3
Monarch Populations . . . 4
Monarch Population Size . . . 6
The Big Chill . . . 9
After the Storm . . . 11
Monarch Watch Central Park . . . 12
Tagging at the Wetlands . . . 13
Migrating with the Monarchs . . . 14
Mixed Up Monarchs . . . 16
2001 Monarch Recovery Maps . . . 18
2001 Season Tag Recoveries . . . 19
Other Recoveries and Reports . . . 50
Gulliver's Gift Shop . . . 51
Overwintering Population . . . 52
Featured Milkweeds . . . 54
Tropical Milkweed . . . 55
Forest Conservation . . . 56
Oyamel Forest Degredation . . . 57
Transgenics and Monarchs . . . 58
Adopt-a-Classroom Update . . . 60
Monarch Crusaders . . . 61
Tristan's Butterfly Rangers . . . 62
Challenges to Students . . . 64
Monarch Watch Online . . . 66
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

2000 Season Summary

Introduction . . . 3
Monarch Populations . . . 5
Transgenics and Monarchs . . . 8
Habitat Restoration . . . 10
Monarch Population Size . . . 11
Pesticides Kill Monarchs . . . 15
What Happened Last Winter? . . . 16
Catastrophic Mortality . . . 19
Featured Teachers . . . 20
Featured Milkweed . . . 22
Dana's Farewell . . . 23
Monarch Crusaders . . . 24
Adopt-a-Classroom Update . . . 26
Challenges to Students . . . 28
2000 Monarch Recovery Maps . . . 31
2000 Season Tag Recoveries . . . 32
Other Recoveries and Reports . . . 37
Monarch Genetic Structure . . . 38
NSTA National Convention . . . 43
Hurricanes and Monarchs . . . 44
Promo & Educational Items . . . 46
Letters to Monarch Watch . . . 49
Frequently Asked Questions . . . 50
Expanded Monarch Reserve . . . 52
Population Dynamics Meeting . . . 55
The Best of Dplex . . . 58
Monarch Monitoring Projects . . . 60
Notes from the Webmaster . . . 62
Monarch Watcher Outreach . . . 64
For the Kids (in all of us) . . . 65
Other Monarch Publications . . . 66
Monarch Bibliography Update . . . 67
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

1999 Season Summary

Introduction . . . 3
Seasonal Monarch Populations . . . 5
Why So Few Monarchs in 1999? . . . 7
Transgenics and Monarchs . . . 8
Monarch Population Size . . . 11
Monarch Breeding Habitat . . . 14
Letters to Monarch Watch . . . 17
Monarch Fair and Teacher Training . . . 18
Featured Milkweeds . . . 19
Featured Teachers . . . 20
Challenges to Students . . . 22
The Best of Dplex . . . 24
Adopt-a-Classroom Update . . . 26
1999 Monarch Recovery Maps . . . 28
1999 Season Tag Recoveries . . . 29
Other Recoveries and Reports . . . 42
Ecotourisn: Blessing or Curse? . . . 43
40 Years of Tagging . . . 44
Promotional and Educational Items . . . 46
New Project for Spring 2001 . . . 49
Orange Monarch Pupae . . . 50
Morelia Meeting Update . . . 53
Monarch Records . . . 54
Frequently Asked Questions . . . 56
Tech Notes . . . 58
Monarch Speakers . . . 59
The Monarch Program . . . 60
Paper Model Butterflies . . . 62
Monarch Bibliography Update . . . 66
Regional Coordinators . . . 67
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

1998 Season Summary

Introduction . . . 3
1998 Monarch Recovery Maps . . . 5
1998 Season Tag Recoveries . . . 6
Other Recoveries and Reports . . . 14
Monarch Records . . . 15
Seasonal Monarch Populations . . . 16
Monarch Population Size . . . 18
Mortality Rates . . . 21
Tracking Monarchs with Isotopes . . . 22
In Pursuit of a Little History . . . 24
Monarch Range Expansion . . . 26
Australian Monarchs . . . 28
Isotope Research Timeline . . . 30
Monarch Bibliography Update . . . 31
Challenges to Students . . . 32
Featured Teachers . . . 34
Frequently Asked Questions . . . 36
The Best of Dplex . . . 38
Letters to Mnarch Watch . . . 40
Tech Notes . . . 42
Monarch Hints and Tips . . .43
Adopt-a-Classroom . . . 44
Just for Fun . . . 45
Logging In Mexico . . . 46
Transgenics and Monarchs . . . 48
Japanese Film . . . 50
Monarch Speakers . . . 51
Butterfly Houses and Exhibits . . . 52
Monarch Watch Regional Coordinators . . . 53
Promotional and Educational Items . . . 54
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

1997 Season Summary

Introduction . . . 3
Helping Monarchs . . . 4
Teaching with Monarchs . . . 5
Challenges to Students . . . 6
All About... . . . 8
Monarch Math . . . 9
Monarchs and Thermals . . . 10
Monarch Mutants . . . 11
Monarch Population Dynamics . . . 12
Monarch Butterfly Rearing Tips . . . 14
"Butterfly" Around the World . . . 15
Monarchs and Grants . . . 16
Butterfly Gardening . . . 17
Monarch Model Forest Program . . . 18
Meeting in Morelia, Mexico . . . 19
New Monarch Tags . . . 20
Monarch Recovery Maps . . . 21
1997 Season Tag Recoveries . . . 22
Monarch Records . . . 26
Monarchs Head for the Islands . . . 27
Monarch Populations '97-'98 . . . 28
1998 Spring Migration . . . 30
Monarch Bibliography Update . . . 31
The Best of Dplex . . . 32
Frequently Asked Questions . . . 34
Letters to Mnarch Watch . . . 36
Monarch Fun and Games . . . 38
News of the Web . . . 40
Monarch Watch regional Coordinators . . . 41
1998 Monarch Watch Programs . . . 42
New from Monarch Watch . . . 43
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

1996 Season Summary

Introduction . . . Front Cover
Monarch Populations . . . 4
Tag Recoveries . . . 5
Recovery Maps . . . 8
Monarchs and Weather Fronts . . . 9
Monarch World Records . . . 10
New Monarch Research . . . 1 1
Sojourn in Mexico . . . 12
Overwintering Sites in California . . . 14
Monarch Migration Reserves . . . 15
Student-Scientist Projects . . . 16
Challenges to Students . . . 17
Classroom Discussion . . . 18
Rearing Monarchs in the Classroom . . . 19
Does Tagging Hinder Monarchs? . . . 20
Conservation Dilemmas . . . 21
Sand (Blue) Vine Milkweed . . . 22
The Best of Dplex . . . 23
Frequently Asked Questions . . . 24
Letters to Monarch Watch . . . 26
Monarch News . . . 28
On the Web . . . 30
The Monarch Watch Web Site . . . 31
"El Convenio" Plan . . . 32
Hydrogen Isotope Study . . . 33
Regional Coordinators . . . 34
1997 Monarch Watch Programs . . . 35
How to Reach Monarch Watch . . . Back Cover

1995 Season Summary

1995 Season Summary . . . 1
How to reach the Monarch Watch . . . 3
Monarch populations . . . 4-5
Recoveries! . . . 6-8
Monarchs in the news . . . 9-10
Prospective Monarch Migration Reserves . . . 11
Best of Dplex-L . . . 12-14
Frequently asked questions . . . 15-16
Classroom Discussion . . . 17
Challenges to students . . . 18
New Research Project . . . 19-20
1996 Monarch Watch Program . . . 21
Regional Coordinators . . . 22
Contribution and order form . . . 23
Application for participation in hydrogen isotope study . . . 24
Butterfly plants - Chip’s Top 13 . . . 25
Address and shirt design . . . 26