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From: pshahani@umn.edu<BR>Sent: 7/11/2011 3:25:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight
Time<BR>Subj: Article on monarch populations in the NY Times<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Dear Monarch JV Partners and Friends,<BR><BR>Today's New
York Times features an article on monarch declines and the use of
glyphosate-resistant crops. I thought that many of you would be
interested; it provides a nice synopsis of some of the recent back-and-forth
amongst scientists re: monarch population trends, while also introducing
concerns about loss of habitat for the eastern monarch population.
<BR><BR><A title=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/science/12butterfly.html?_r=2 href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/science/12butterfly.html?_r=2" target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/science/12butterfly.html?_r=2</A><BR><BR>Best,<BR>Priya<BR><BR><BR clear=all>Priya Shahani, Ph.D.<BR>Program Coordinator<BR>Monarch Joint
Venture<BR>University of Minnesota - St. Paul<BR>Ph. <A title=tel:612.625.8304 href="tel:612.625.8304" target=_blank value="+16126258304">612.625.8304</A><BR><A title=http://www.monarchjointventure.org/ href="http://www.monarchjointventure.org/" target=_blank>http://www.monarchjointventure.org</A><BR><BR>Mailing
address:<BR>University of Minnesota<BR>Department of Fisheries, Wildlife
and<BR> Conservation Biology<BR>1980 Folwell Ave.<BR>St. Paul,
MN 55108<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>