Dr. Lincoln Brower
2 August 2018 | Author: Chip TaylorAn appreciation for Dr. Lincoln Brower who passed away on 17 July 2018 at his home in Virginia. If you are familiar at all with monarch butterflies, you are certainly familiar with some of Linc’s many contributions to our knowledge of ...
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Monarch Habitat Restoration in Oklahoma
2 August 2018 | Author: Chip TaylorMonarch Watch is continuing to partner with Tribal Environmental Action for Monarchs (TEAM) and Tribal Alliance for Pollinators (TAP) on habitat restoration efforts in Oklahoma. TEAM is a coalition of seven Native American tribal nations (Chickasaw, Seminole, Citizen Potawatomi, ...
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The monarch decline: when did it begin?
2 August 2018 | Author: Chip TaylorMonarch Watch began with a simple tagging program in 1992 followed, in the early years of our program, by attempts to educate the public about monarch biology and research. More recently, our emphasis has been on monarch conservation. The conservation ...
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Monarch Population Status
24 July 2018 | Author: Chip TaylorA message to all taggers Hear ye! Hear ye! Taggers take note! What you have contributed to monarch science over the years has been incredible! Collectively, you have tagged well over 1.5 million monarchs in the last 26 years, from the ...
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Milkweed Restoration in Oklahoma
5 May 2018 | Author: Monarch WatchMonarch Watch is engaged in a number of projects that focus on habitat restoration designed to benefit monarchs and pollinators. One of these efforts involves a collaborative project with seven tribal nations in Oklahoma. The goals of the project involve ...
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2018 Monarch Calendar Project
10 March 2018 | Author: Jim LovettNOTE: We will send an email with a link to the actual submission form after each period comes to a close (June 20th for period 1 and September 25th for period 2). Please hang onto any data sheets you have ...
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Monarch Population Status
7 March 2018 | Author: Monarch WatchWorld Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies this week. Nine (9) colonies were located this winter season with a total area of ...
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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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Monarch Population Status
20 July 2017 | Author: Chip TaylorI’ve done many things in my career that I’ve enjoyed greatly and among those was teaching a course in honey bee biology. The course incorporated some hands-on lessons in how to manage bees for pleasure and the sweet rewards bees ...
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Monarch Population Status
11 May 2017 | Author: Chip TaylorThose of us who are educators, and who follow monarchs closely, are being educated by the monarchs themselves this spring. The movement and behavior of monarchs returning from Mexico has been unprecedented. I'll save the details for a longer Status ...
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