[Pollinator] FW: The 2018 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz Begins Saturday!

Tue Jul 24 09:41:00 PDT 2018

The 2018 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz Begins Saturday!

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You are invited to participate in the second International Monarch
Monitoring Blitz!

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*Partnering to conserve the monarch migration.*

*Join thousands of citizen scientists on the 2018 International Monarch
Monitoring Blitz to save the monarch butterfly!*

>From July 28 to August 5, 2018, citizens from Canada, Mexico and the United
States are invited to join the second International Monarch Monitoring
Blitz (the Blitz) to help identify the monarch butterfly's breeding sites
that are essential to its survival.

The majestic monarch butterfly, a flagship North American pollinator and
symbol of international cooperation, is on its spectacular annual migration
from Canada and the United States to Mexico and it needs your help.

Scientists from across North America still have much to learn about
monarchs and milkweed plants, the only food source for monarch
caterpillars. Both the eastern and western populations of North American
migratory monarchs have suffered steep declines over the past 20 years.
Observations from citizens can help scientists gain valuable information
that will support continental efforts to protect the monarch butterfly and
its habitat.

*What is the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz?*

The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz aims to provide a valuable
snapshot for scientists of monarch population status across the monarch
migration paths in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The Blitz is an
initiative from the Trinational Monarch Conservation Partnership, created
through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Through the Blitz,
scientists from the Insectarium/Montréal Space for Life, Environment and
Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Monarch Joint Venture, the US Fish and
Wildlife Service, and Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales
Protegidas (Conanp) are asking the public to help them understand monarch
distribution and occurrence throughout North America.

Each country has something to learn from monitoring milkweed and monarchs
during this timeframe, and comparing these observations year to year.
Milkweed is essential to monarchs, being the only food source for monarch
caterpillars.

Observations reported in Canada will provide scientists with a snapshot of
the peak breeding monarch population and milkweed presence in the northern
range. Data collected in Mexico will document any monarch breeding taking
place in traditionally migratory areas.

In the United States, monitoring the northern range of the eastern monarch
population (east of the Rocky Mountains) will paint of picture of milkweed
and monarch abundance during breeding of the migratory generation. Reports
from the southern range of the eastern monarch population will document
whether breeding and early migration are occurring. Information from the
western range (west of the Rocky Mountains) will help address largely
unanswered questions about monarch breeding and migration patterns in the
west.

Canadian citizens interested in taking part in the Blitz can visit the Mission
Monarch website
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 Follow the blitz on social media using the hashtags #MissoinMonarch and
#Blitz2018!

*"The longest journey starts with a simple action."*

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*Media Contacts: *

*Canada*
*Nadine Fortin, Communications Coordinator / Montréal Space for Life.
514-868-3053 nadine.fortin at ville.montreal.qc.ca
<nadine.fortin at ville.montreal.qc.ca>*

*Mexico*

*Karla Rojo de la Vega, Communication Director / National Commission of
Natural Protected Areas. +52 55 5449 7019, karla.rojo at conanp.gob.mx
<karla.rojo at conanp.gob.mx> (communication and mass media affairs).Marco
Castro, Coordinator of the National Monarch Butterfly Monitoring Network in
Mexico / National Commission of Natural Protected Areas. +52 777 362 2500
ext. 18614, marco.castro at conanp.gob.mx <marco.castro at conanp.gob.mx>
(technical and monitoring affairs).*

*United States*

*Cora Lund Preston, Communications Specialist / Monarch Joint Venture.
612-625-8739, mjv at umn.edu <mjv at umn.edu>Mara Koenig, Public Affairs
Specialist / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 612-713-5316,
mara_koenig at fws.gov <mara_koenig at fws.gov>*

*The Monarch Joint Venture is a national partnership of federal and state
agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses and academic programs
working together to conserve the monarch butterfly migration. The content
in this article does not necessarily reflect the positions of all Monarch
Joint Venture partners. Header photo by Wendy Caldwell. *

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