Western Monarch Monitoring Workshop
Date and Time
Friday Jun 12, 2015 Saturday Jun 13, 2015
June 12 1P to 5P June 13 9A to 4P
Lunch will be provided on June 13. An informal evening meal gathering will be organized for June 12 for interested participants - more details will be provided that day. Small snacks and drinks will be provided throughout the workshop. For more updates or more details on lodging or travel, please email Wendy at maczi001@umn.edu.
Location
The Nature Conservancy's River Fork Ranch; Genoa Lane, Minden NV
http://nature.org/carson
Fees/Admission
No charge , but you must register to attend.
Website
Contact Information
maczi001@umn.edu
Description
North American monarch butterflies need your help! In partnership with the Monarch Joint Venture, The University of Minnesota Monarch Lab presents a two-day monarch monitoring workshop focusing on western monarch populations and citizen science monitoring. The workshop will cover basic monarch conservation, biology and the annual cycle, and will introduce monarch citizen science projects, including the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP), Project Monarch Health, Journey North, and Southwest Monarch Study. Through these citizen science programs, volunteers collect valuable data about monarchs and their habitats which help to inform monarch conservation efforts. At this workshop you will engage in hands-on activities, including visiting a milkweed site to learn MLMP protocols, sampling adult monarchs for Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (a protozoan parasite commonly known as OE) using Monarch Health procedures, and engage in tagging as guided by the Southwest Monarch Study. Anyone with an interest in monitoring monarchs is encouraged to attend!
