[Pollinator] December Monarch Conservation Webinars: Climate Change and Conservation Planning Tools

[Cora Lund Preston]

Hi All,

In December the MJV will be hosting two exciting Monarch Conservation
Webinars, in partnership with USFWS NCTC. Registration is now open, please
sign up and help us spread the word about these events! My apologies if
you've seen this already on DPLEX.

*Monarchs and Climate Change: *Thursday, December 15th, 2:00-3:00pm EST

*Register:*  https://goo.gl/forms/fBY8jGuPpCkiYKrp2


We know that monarchs are negatively impacted by many human activities,
including habitat degradation and loss, pesticide use, climate change,
vehicular collisions, invasive species, and pathogen spread. Due to this
long list of factors that affect monarch populations, it is difficult to
determine the contributions of any single factor to their dwindling
numbers. In this webinar, we will summarize the ways in which climate
affects monarchs during all stages of their annual cycle of breeding,
migrating, and overwintering. We’ll then review potential impacts of
climate change on monarchs, summarizing a combination of lab and field
studies, and modeling efforts. There will be plenty of time to ask
questions, and we’ll provide links to published and online resources that
will allow you to dig deeper into the fascinating topic of monarchs,
weather, and climate.

*Presenters: *

Dr. Karen Oberhauser (University of Minnesota Monarch Lab, Monarch Joint
Venture) and Dr. Kelly Nail (University of Minnesota Monarch Lab, US Fish
and Wildlife Service)


*Monarch Conservation Science Partnership Desktop and Online Spatial Tools*:
Tuesday, December 20th, 2:00-3:00pm EST.

*Register:*  https://goo.gl/forms/Pmox2jpwybla9RVx2

The eastern migratory population of monarch butterflies has declined by
more than 80% over the last two decades. In support of the USGS' Monarch
Conservation Science Partnership, Jason Rohweder and Wayne Thogmartin
developed desktop decision support tools to help in conservation planning
for the imperiled monarch butterfly. Desktop tools were developed that
allow users to prioritize counties within the conterminous United States
according to multiple input criteria important for monarch butterfly
conservation. Additional tools were developed to model the anticipated
number of milkweeds on the landscape based upon underlying land cover/land
use characteristics. The user can alter the composition of these land
cover/land use characteristics using a separate desktop tool to model gains
and losses of milkweeds on the landscape under various conservation
scenarios.   These tools were first developed as desktop tools downloadable
from the internet and now the county ranking tool and milkweed calculator
are available as online tools that do not require any GIS software, only a
web browser.

*Presenters: *
Jason Rohweder (USGS) and Dr. Holly Holt (Monarch Joint Venture)

To see a full list of all upcoming Monarch Conservation Webinars (we have
them scheduled through April 2017) visit http://monarchjointventure.org
/news-events/events/. <http://monarchjointventure.org/news-events/events/>

Thank you,

-- 
Cora Lund Preston
Communications Specialist
Monarch Joint Venture
www.monarchjointventure.org
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Conservation Biology
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135 Skok Hall
Saint Paul, MN 55108



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agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academic programs working
together to conserve the monarch butterfly migration. **Please support US
monarch conservation efforts through the
MJV: http://monarchjointventure.org/get-involved/donate/
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