The Monarch Program is directed by David Marriott and Walter Sakai and was established October 15, 1990, as an educational public benefit organization. The program objectives include: preserving Monarch breeding and overwintering habitats, monitoring migration of western Monarch populations, educational curricula, promoting and supporting related conservancy issues, and studying a variety of butterflies and plants.
For more information on this program, please download their brochures (PDF files below) or contact them at:
The Monarch Program
P.O. Box 178671
San Diego, CA 92177
Email: Monarchprg@aol.com
The Monarch Program (9pp, 177K PDF file)
Where to See the Monarchs in CA (12pp, 288K PDF file)
The Midwest Monarch Project is directed from Minnesota by Greg Munson. The project's goal is to use the Monarch and its amazing life history to captivate the attention of children and adults, emphasizing the interconnectedness and importance of all living things.
Midwest Monarch Project
3116 Harbor Dr. S.E.
Rochester, MN 55904
Email: 0535qhnc@informns.k12.mn.us
Butterfly Gardeners Association
1021 North Main Street
Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: 1 (215) 432-2757
Phone or write for more information.
The Lepidoptera Research Foundation
9620 Heather Rd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 1 (310) 274-1052
Fax: 1 (310) 275-3290
Email: Matoni@uclaue.mbi.ucla.edu
Publishes The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera biannually.
North American Butterfly Association
4 Delaware Rd.
Morristown, NY 07960-5725
Phone: 1 (973) 285-0907
Fax: 1 (973) 285-0936
www.NABA.org
NABA organizes the national Fourth of July Butterfly Count and publishes American Butterflies magazine and Butterfly Garden News. |
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Journey North is a project that tracks the northward migration of various animals in the spring. It is directed by Elizabeth Donnely from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Information on the spring migration is available online.
Journey North
125 North First Street
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Email: jnorth@learner.org
www.learner.org/jnorth
The Western Monarch Migration Project is a new and relatively small program inspired in part by the declining populations of western Monarchs.
Dan Hillburn
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
635 Capitol St. N.E.
Salem, OR 97310
Monarch Monitoring Project
Cape May Bird Observatory
Center for Research and Education
600 Route 47 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08201
Phone: 1 (609) 861-0700
Email: rkwalton@earthlink.net
www.rkwalton.com
Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:00-5:00
The Lepidopterists' Society
Ron Leuchnen, Membership Coordinator
1900 John St.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-2608
Phone: 1 (310) 545-9415
Open to anyone interested in Lepidoptera. Publishes News of the Lepidopterists' Society, Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society.
The Xerces Society
4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97215
Phone: 1 (503) 232-6639
Email: info@xerces.org
Publishes Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation biannually.
Young Entomologists' Society
International Headquarters
1915 Peggy Place
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: 1 (517) 887-0499
http://members.aol.com/YESbugs/ |
