[Pollinator] Monarch Live Webcast

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"USDA Forest Service  International Programs" <phenkai at fs.fed.us>  
02/11/2009 11:14 AM       
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Live webcast from  Mexico--MonarchLIVE!




Dear Fellow Monarch Butterfly Enthusiasts:

WHAT: 
The US Forest  Service International Programs  invites you to join hundreds 
of  schoolchildren, scientists, and citizens from Canada, Mexico and the USA 
for a  live webcast of two new editions of MonarchLIVE --a program to promote 
interest  in conservation and science.  Available by broadcast and webcast, both 
 interactive programs will air questions and comments sent in from viewers in 
 real time.  

[To learn more about MonarchLIVE in English:  
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/wings/butterflies/monarchlive/pubs/monarchlive_english.pdf  
and in Spanish:  
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/wings/butterflies/monarchlive/pubs/monarchlive_spanish.pdf]

WHEN
-->  February  17, 2009: Watch as scientists visit the remote site in 
northern  Mexico where Monarchs overwinter.  Marvel as you take an electronic field  
trip without ever stepping outside of your door to see the biosphere reserve  
where millions of Monarchs are hibernating happily.  Learn as you take part  
in a live session with student groups emailing in questions and observations.  

[Please click here 
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/wings/butterflies/welcome.htm#news for  further details.]

--> February 19, 2009:  Learn about a program  in Mexico that involves local 
people in conserving their environments.  Alternare, a local non-governmental 
organization, is building the human  capacity in the states of Michoacan and 
Mexico, around the Monarch Butterfly  Biosphere Reserve, as a means to conserve 
by pairing sustainable livelihoods  with conservation.  The live webcast 
features a fascinating look into this  community and how innovation can foster 
both environmental goals and income  generation. 

[Please click here 
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/wings/butterflies/welcome.htm#news  for  further details.]

UPCOMING EVENTS
May 19, 2009:  Butterfly  gardens can be created everywhere! Join us in 
Chicago for a live webcast to  learn how small garden plots can have big results 
for both butterflies and  people.

May 28, 2009:  Monarchs depend on healthy habitats in three  countries, and 
Canada provides a welcome summer home to thousands.  Join us  for a live 
webchat to learn more on this topic.

WHY
For more than a  year, the US Forest Service International Programs and 
partners have been  working on the conservation of the Monarch butterfly across the 
Americas.    Adopting a flyway approach--working with diverse partners from 
the public and  private sector across the wide geographic range of the Monarch 
migration  contribute_s to the successful conservation of this beautiful 
insect's habitat.  

[For more information on Monarch conservation, please follow this  link.Main 
program:  http://www.fs.fed.us/global/wings/butterflies/welcome.htm]

And of  course, we invite you to visit our website 
(http://www.fs.fed.us/globa) to learn more about our other programs around  the world.  


Sincerely,

US Forest Service International  Programs



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Executive  Director
Pollinator Partnership 
423 Washington Street, 5th  floor
San Francisco, CA  94111
415-362-1137
LDA at pollinator.org

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