This summer’s newsletter includes a summary of monarch winter 2021-2022 population numbers, updates to our data sheets, a summary of our training workshops, a volunteer thank you and honor roll, and interviews with five current citizen scientists—some who are new to monitoring and others who have been with us since 1997.
Newsletters
MonarchNet News, Summer 2022
MonarchNet News, Winter 2022
As we await news from Mexico on how overwintering colony numbers reflect the data we collected on the breeding grounds in 2021, this winter’s newsletter includes important monitoring reminders, updates to our data sheets, information about our upcoming training workshops, a summary of our 2021 monitoring season data, an interview with researcher Jack Whisenant, and a selection of great photos submitted to our gallery. We’ll be back in touch after the release of winter data.
MonarchNet News, Fall 2021
This fall’s newsletter includes important monitoring reminders, a volunteer spotlight on two citizen scientists from Colorado, a summary of our 2021 monitoring season data, and a selection of great photos submitted to our gallery this summer.
MonarchNet News, Summer 2021
This summer's newsletter includes a celebration of Pollinator Week 2021 and a discussion of MLMP participation in California and Illinois. There also is information about Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids, or PAs, and the effects of this toxic chemical on monarchs. A link to RED MONARCA as a monarch literature resource is included in this newsletter as well.
MonarchNet News, Spring 2021
This spring's newsletter recognizes and celebrates 25 years of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project — and counting! Features include: a figure of data from Dr. Karen Oberhauser's first monitoring season 25 years ago, Henry Berkowitz and his MLMP site named "Katie" after his daughter, an introduction to Julia Whidden, upcoming virtual MLMP training dates, and summary points from Monarch Joint Venture's compilation of research on monarchs and milkweed published between June 2019 to August 2020. Two books featured in this newsletter are MJV's Board Chair Ann Hobbie's recently published book, Monarch Butterfiles: Explore the Life Journey of One of the Winged Wonders of the World, as well as author and cyclist Sara Dykman's new non-fiction book, Bicycling with Butterfiles.