<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lovett, Jim</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jlovett@ku.edu">jlovett@ku.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM<br>Subject: [Dplex-L]  2025-2026 overwintering numbers announced<br>To: DPLEX-L <<a href="mailto:dplex-l@lists.ku.edu">dplex-l@lists.ku.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg7062566757921447702">




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The WWF-Telmex Telcel Foundation Alliance, in collaboration with the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR), announced the total forest
 area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies today. Nine (9) colonies were located this winter season with a total area of 2.93 hectares, a 64% increase from the previous season (1.79 ha).</div>
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