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This dramatic photo by Lincoln P. Brower shows millions of Monarch butterflies huddled together in the fir forest in Michoacan, Mexico in which they spend the winter. The golden hue is created by the Monarchs. Immediately adjacent is the scarred earth stripped bear by logging. Click on the photo to see a larger web-friendly version. Click here for hi-res. |
The Monarch Watch 2000 in Central Park tagging event took place on September 22nd at 2PM at the Belvedere Castle in Central Park.
Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern and Ambassador Jorge Pinto Mazal, General Consul of Mexico to the U.S. joined Monarch experts Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch and Lincoln P. Brower of Sweet Briar College, along with sponsoring company Mastervision, schoolchildren and other supportive visitors tagging monarch butterflies as they set off for Mexico on their annual migration. Mexican children in costume performed traditional dances and a mariachi band played as we said Buen Viaje to the monarchs in 2000.
This site is an archive of materials created for and about the event, and a resource for all interested in Monarch conservation issues. Please feel free to contribute relevant materials.
| Releases | Mastervision
Tagging Event Press Release Mastervision Monarch Watch Program Release |
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| Photos | Press Photos | |
| If you see... | Monarch Metamorphosis | |
| How to Tag | Monarch Tagging | |
| Speeches | Dr.
Orley Taylor, Monarch Watch Monica Missrie, World Wildlife Fund |
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| Comments | Dr.
Paul Opler, University of Colorado Dr. Robert Michael Pyle, Chasing Monarchs Maraleen Manos-Jones, Michoacan Reforestation |
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| Background | New
York Times Sept 12, 2000 Suite 101 Article --Naomi Mathews |
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| Press Coverage | Newsday
Sept 23, 2000 New York Times Sept 23, 2000 Letter from Scientists to NY Times Monarch Conservation Crisis--Kurt Johnson |
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| Links | How to Get Involved | |
| Discover | The
Mastervision Library About Mastervision |
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For more information about Monarch Watch 2000 in Central Park contact Richard Stadin of Mastervision: 212-879-0448 or stadin1@aol.com..
For more information about Monarch Watch:
Email: monarch@ukans.edu
WWW: http://www.MonarchWatch.org/
Dplex-L: send message "info Dplex-L" to Listproc@ukans.edu
Phone: 1 (888) TAGGING (toll-free!) -or- 1 (785) 864 4441
Fax: 1 (785) 864 4441 -or- 1 (785) 864 5321
Snail: c/o O.R. Taylor, Dept. of Entomology, 7005 Haworth Hall, Univ. of KS,
Lawrence KS 66045
