Proposals for the National Fish and Wildlife Fund (NFWF) Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund's monarch grant program are due May 2, 2016 by 11:50PM EST. The Fund focuses on three priority conservation needs related to monarch butterflies: 1) Increasing Habitat along the monarchs' migration … [Read more...]
Why Natives?
Guess who's on WPT? One of the e-mails I got this week was from Wisconsin Public Television alerting me to the gardening and horticulture programs on one of their channels called University Place. University Place broadcasts blocks of lectures beginning at 2PM in the afternoon. This past Wednesday, … [Read more...]
Update on Monarchs & Ice Storm
Because monarchs are cold-blooded, they can withstand an amazing amount of cold weather. Here's an awesome video from The Guardian … [Read more...]
Vote for Monarchs by March 18th – NSERC Video Contest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLyCp_kgXNw Grace Pitman, an MSc student at the University of Guelph, is one of 33 finalists in 'Science, Action!' video contest by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Grace’s research looks at habitat selection of monarch … [Read more...]
Update on Monarchs and Mexico’s Ice Storm
CBC Radio-Canada interviewed Research scientist Pablo Jaramillo about what happened in the March storm and the devastating days after. Anticipating 35% loss, it appears it may be 1-1/2 months before the overall monarch losses are known. Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist Brenda Dziedzic … [Read more...]
Monarchs and Winter Weather
Just a few short weeks ago we got the wonderful news that the number of hectares the monarchs used for their winter quarters in Mexico had increased from last year. During the last couple of days, we've gotten the dismal news that severe winter weather has once again threatened their very existence … [Read more...]