[Pollinator] Question about rearing monarchs in CA

[Laurie Adams]

From: butterflyrelease at flutterbyexhibits.com
<butterflyrelease at flutterbyexhibits.com>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 12:14 PM

Subject: MONARCH help

Hello

My name is Robert Stroud, I have been working with education with Monarchs
for years. I used to get my Monarch butterflies from UTTERBACK up until
2016. John Utterback produced 55 thousand Monarchs each year on the east
bay of San Fransisco. He retired. Since he retired the Monarch population
has been dropping in the hibernation migration areas along the coast of
California. I think this last year they counted 2000 Monarchs left. This
is dire- something needs to happen. I think Utterback had a HUGE impact
with the western Monarchs- this cannot be a coincidence.

I am trying to recreate Utterback's business, so I am contacting anyone
who can lead me to funds (grants etc) to get a Monarch hatchery up and
running again.

Any suggestion will help

Robert Stroud
flutthttp://flutterbyexhibits.com
801 347 3331
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