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From: chip@ku.edu<BR>To: dplex-l@listproc.cc.ku.edu<BR>Sent: 10/27/2010
10:58:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: MONARCH WATCH ANNOUNCES BRING
BACK THE MONARCHS CAMPAIGN<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Helvetica Neue"><B>News Release</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Helvetica Neue"><B><BR></B></FONT>MONARCH WATCH
ANNOUNCES BRING BACK THE MONARCHS CAMPAIGN</DIV>
<DIV><BR>"In real estate it's location, location, location and for monarchs
and other wildlife it's habitat, habitat, habitat", said Chip Taylor, Director
of Monarch Watch. Monarch Watch, started in 1992 as an outreach program
dedicated to engaging the public in studies of monarchs, is now concentrating
its efforts on monarch conservation. "We have a lot of habitat in this country
but we are losing it at a rapid pace. Development is consuming 6,000 acres a
day, a loss of 2.2 million acres per year. Further, the overuse of herbicides
along roadsides and elsewhere is turning diverse areas that support monarchs,
pollinators, and other wildlife into grass-filled landscapes that support few
species. The adoption of genetically modified soybeans and corn have further
reduced monarch habitat. If these trends continue, monarchs are certain to
decline, threatening the very existence of their magnificent migration", said
Taylor.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>To address these changes and restore habitats for monarchs,
pollinators, and other wildlife, Monarch Watch is initiating a nationwide
landscape restoration program called "Bring Back The Monarchs". The goals of
this program are to restore 19 milkweed species, used by monarch caterpillars
as food, to their native ranges throughout the United States and to encourage
the planting of nectar-producing native flowers that support adult monarchs
and other pollinators.<BR>This program is an outgrowth of the Monarch
Waystation Program started by Monarch Watch in 2005. There are now over 4,000
certified Monarch Waystations - mostly habitats created in home gardens,
schoolyards, parks, and commercial landscaping. "While these sites contribute
to monarch conservation, it is clear that to save the monarch migration we
need to do more," Taylor said. " We need to think on a bigger scale and we
need to think ahead, to anticipate how things are going to change as a result
of population growth, development, changes in agriculture, and most of all,
changes in the climate," said Taylor.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>According to Taylor we need a comprehensive plan on how to manage the
fragmented edges and marginal areas created by development and agriculture
since it is these edges that support monarchs, many of our pollinators, and
the many forms of wildlife that are sustained by the seeds, fruits, nuts,
berries, and foliage that result from pollination. "In effect," Taylor argues,
"we need a new conservation ethic, one dealing with edges and marginal areas
that addresses the changes of the recent past and anticipates those of the
future."</DIV>
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<DIV>For more information on this program, please visit the Bring Back the
Monarchs website --</DIV>
<DIV>http://BringBackTheMonarchs.org.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please help us promote this program.</DIV>
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