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From: Wendy Caldwell <wcaldwell at monarchjointventure.org>
Date: Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Subject: [MJV-Partners] Monarch Monitoring Blitz - July 23 - Aug 1
To: <mjv-partners at googlegroups.com>

Celebrate the 5th International Monarch Monitoring Blitz by Participating
All Across North America!

Montreal, 9 July 2021—In the last four editions of the year’s annual
International Monarch Monitoring Blitz
<http://www.namonarchs.org/international-monarch-monitoring-blitz/> (the
Blitz), thousands of volunteers in Canada, Mexico and the United States
joined efforts to gather over 4,000 observations of monarchs and milkweeds!
Let’s continue this remarkable effort and share as many observations as we
can from July 23 to August 1, 2021.

For 10 days, the Blitz invites people across North America to look for
milkweed plants and survey them for monarch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises
and butterflies. This information will help researchers identify priority
areas for monarch conservation actions. Data gathered during the Blitz is
uploaded to the Trinational Monarch Knowledge Network
<https://birdscanada.org/birdmon/tmkn/main.jsp>, where it is accessible for
anyone to consult and download.

Every observation shared helps the scientific community conserve the
monarch butterfly along its migratory routes. “The western migratory
population is at an all-time low, so every observation of a monarch is
incredibly valuable this year,” says Emma Pelton, Senior Conservation
Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

The yearly snapshots of monarch and milkweed abundance help us better
understand the dynamic between the summer generations and their breeding
habitat. Since both monarchs and milkweed are found across North America
during the time of the Blitz, we absolutely need the public’s help during
this special week.

“Data obtained over a long period of time are essential for performing
trend analysis. It is therefore crucial that we continue documenting the
monarch summer breeding population each year to better understand how and
why it fluctuates over time,” says Nancy Sheehan, Journey North Program
Coordinator, UW-Madison Arboretum.

To take part in the Blitz, simply share your observations on one of the
participating community science programs.

Go to Mission Monarch <https://www.mission-monarch.org/en/> if you are in
Canada. If you are east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, submit
your observations to the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
<https://monarchjointventure.org/mlmp>, and if you are west of the Rocky
Mountains, use the Western Monarch and Milkweed Mapper
<http://www.monarchmilkweedmapper.org/>. In Mexico, submit your data
to *Naturalista
<https://www.naturalista.mx/>*. For the entire North American region,
submit your data to Journey North <https://journeynorth.org/>. Don’t forget
to follow the Blitz on social media using the hashtag *#MonarchBlitz* and
be proud to mention your participation in this international conservation
effort!

We remind you that your well-being and that of those around you comes
first. Before participating in any activities, please know and carefully
follow the health and safety measures for COVID-19 recommended by the
authorities in your region.

The Blitz is an initiative of the Trinational Monarch Conservation Science
Partnership, created through the CEC <http://www.cec.org/>. Through the
Blitz, scientists from the Insectarium/Montréal Space for Life
<https://espacepourlavie.ca/en/insectarium>, Environment and Climate Change
Canada <https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html>
(ECCC), Monarch
Joint Venture <http://www.monarchjointventure.org/>, Journey North
<https://journeynorth.org/>, the US Fish and Wildlife Service
<https://www.fws.gov/>, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
<https://xerces.org/>, and Mexico’s *Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales
Protegidas <https://www.gob.mx/conanp>* (Conanp) are asking the public to
help them understand monarch and milkweed distribution throughout North
America.
The Monarch Monitoring
http://www.cec.org/media/media-releases/celebrate-the-5th-international-monarch-monitoring-blitz-by-participating-all-across-north-america/


-- 
Wendy Caldwell
Director
Monarch Joint Venture
www.monarchjointventure.org
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<https://monarchjointventure.org/our-work/monarch-conservation-efforts-map/>
!

*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 email does not necessarily reflect the positions of all Monarch
Joint Venture partners.*

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