[Pollinator] New web site launched to support volunteers counting monarchs in California

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Wed Nov 19 12:12:31 PST 2014 

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*HOW MANY MONARCHS? ONE...TWO...THREE...*



*A new web site is launched to support volunteers counting monarchs in
California -- and new energy is brought to monarch conservation in the
United States thanks to a memo from the president.*

Knowing how many monarch butterflies there are and where they overwinter is
vital information that shapes protection efforts. Monarchs ranging from
British Columbia to Arizona migrate primarily to the California coast,
where they overwinter in wooded groves scattered from San Diego to
Mendocino. The Western Monarch Count is an annual citizen-science project
that collects data on the status of these monarchs during the overwintering
season. Xerces has launched the *Western Monarch Count web site*
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to support this effort and help coordinate the count.

The height of this volunteer effort occurs during three weeks surrounding
the Thanksgiving holiday. Those three weeks are starting now -- and you
could join in! Roughly 100 overwintering sites are monitored each year, but
we know of approximately 450 sites that monarchs are currently using or
have used in the past. With your help we can monitor more sites and paint a
clearer picture of the status of this vital monarch habitat. The new
*website*
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allows volunteers to find sites to monitor, read information about those
sites, and contact regional count coordinators. The project will also use
social media to enable volunteers to connect with each other and share
count information.

In the last year, a revived energy has been brought to monarch conservation
in North America -- in large part due to President Obama issuing a
memorandum that directs U.S. government agencies to do what they can to
protect the butterfly. Xerces has been protecting monarchs since the 1980s,
placing us in a good position to help. Through the Monarch Joint Venture,
Xerces is helping the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mexican agencies
revise the tri-national North American Monarch Conservation Plan. We are
also assisting other federal agencies to develop monarch conservation
strategies (including the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Forest
Service) and collaborating with NatureServe to complete a status review of
the monarch in North America.

But don't worry if you are not able to help count monarchs this fall, there
are still things you can do to conserve monarchs:

   - Help map milkweed. Each spring, monarchs leave the California coast
   and disperse across several western states, searching for milkweed plants
   on which to lay their eggs. We are also searching for milkweed plants and
   creating maps of likely monarch breeding areas. You can help with this by
   contributing to the *Milkweed Survey*
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   - Plant native milkweed. This can be in your backyard, at your
   workplace, or at your school. Find sources of local, native milkweed seed
   in your state using our *Milkweed Seed Finder*
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   - Plant native flowers. Monarchs need nectar to provide energy to
   migrate, breed, and overwinter. For information about which flowers to
   plant, visit the *Bring Back the Pollinators web page*
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   - Avoid using insecticides and herbicides. These may kill butterflies or
   caterpillars, or kill the plants that monarchs use for nectaring or
   breeding.
   - Get involved in another citizen science project. The Western Monarch
   Count web site has a *directory of projects*
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