<div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Isis Howard </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(she/her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Conservation Biologist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">503.212.0546 | </font><a href="mailto:isis.howard@xerces.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">isis.howard@xerces.org</font></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://xerces.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#0000ff">xerces.org</font></span></a></p></span></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Isis Howard</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:isis.howard@xerces.org">isis.howard@xerces.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM<br>Subject: Re: New Ultralight Radio Tags Are Tracking Monarch Butterflies in Santa Cruz<br>To: Emma Pelton <<a href="mailto:emma.pelton@xerces.org">emma.pelton@xerces.org</a>>, Sara Cuadra <<a href="mailto:sara.cuadra@xerces.org">sara.cuadra@xerces.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>posted to WMC facebook<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Isis Howard </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(she/her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Conservation Biologist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000">503.212.0546 | </font><a href="mailto:isis.howard@xerces.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">isis.howard@xerces.org</font></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://xerces.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#0000ff">xerces.org</font></span></a></p></span></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM Emma Pelton <<a href="mailto:emma.pelton@xerces.org" target="_blank">emma.pelton@xerces.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">The Xerces Society and Point Blue Conservation Science are partnering with California State Parks and Santa Cruz County Parks to study monarch butterfly movement during their overwintering season. The conservationists gathered in mid November to attach small tags, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, to individual monarchs at </span><a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=541" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,81,87);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Natural Bridges State Beach</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">, </span><a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=541" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,81,87);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Lighthouse Field State Beach</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">, and </span><a href="https://parks.santacruzcountyca.gov/Home/ExploreOurParksBeaches/AllCountyParks/MoranLakeCountyPark.aspx" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,81,87);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Moran Lake County Park</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px">. Additional monarchs </span><a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/eb67e9c975994de8a17b95e8290858be#ref-n-J6ggah" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,81,87);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">have been tagged by project partners</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> further south on the Central Coast. Read our <b>press release</b> here: </span><a href="https://xerces.org/press/new-ultralight-radio-tags-are-tracking-monarch-butterflies-in-santa-cruz" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/press/new-ultralight-radio-tags-are-tracking-monarch-butterflies-in-santa-cruz</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>StoryMap</b> about this effort as well as tagging by Althouse and Meade in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties: <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/eb67e9c975994de8a17b95e8290858be#ref-n-J6ggah" target="_blank">https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/eb67e9c975994de8a17b95e8290858be#ref-n-J6ggah</a></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Emma Pelton</b><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (she/her)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Senior Conservation Biologist</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<i><br></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px">503.212.0706 </span>| <a href="mailto:emma.pelton@xerces.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">emma.pelton@xerces.org</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://xerces.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">xerces.org</span></a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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