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Monarch Population Status

6 March 2025 | Author: Jim Lovett

The WWF-Telmex Telcel Foundation Alliance, in collaboration with the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR), announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies ...

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Monarch Watch One-Day Fundraiser Today!

6 March 2024 | Author: Jim Lovett

Today only! Help Monarch Watch climb to the top of the leaderboard again and get more milkweed in the ground by making a donation of any amount during this special one-day fundraising event, through midnight tonight. Thank you for your ...

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Monarch Watch Update January 2024

31 January 2024 | Author: Jim Lovett

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2023 Monarch Watch summary

1 January 2024 | Author: Jim Lovett

Season’s Greetings from Team Monarch Watch! You are an important part of our team as well. Your interest shows that you are aware of the need to sustain the monarch migration, and that means advocacy for all measures that can be ...

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Monarch Watch Update September 2023

29 September 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

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Monarch Watch Update August 2023

18 August 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

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Monarch Watch Update July 2023

21 July 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

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Monarch populations during the Dust Bowl years

17 July 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

Monarch populations during the Dust Bowl years by Chip Taylor, Director, Monarch Watch Introduction The concern about the potential listing of monarchs as threatened or endangered by the Fish and Wildlife Service sometime in 2024 has led me to look into the conditions ...

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Monarch Watch Update April 2023

30 April 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

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Monarch numbers: dynamics of population establishment each spring

27 March 2023 | Author: Jim Lovett

Monarch numbers: dynamics of population establishment each spring Chip Taylor, Director, Monarch Watch Introduction The short narratives that follow describe the outcomes of the timing and number of monarchs arriving from Mexico in March. Each cohort encounters different temperature scenarios in March and ...

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