Indoor Session Location (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
Cave B Estate Resort348 Silica Rd. NW
Quincy, WA 98848
Outdoor Session Location (12:00-4:00 pm)
Lower Crab CreekParking lot coordinates
46.833540, -119.833198
Driving Directions
Field Visit Information
The field component of the workshop will be at Lower Crab Creek Wildlife Area, WA. Please allow for 40 minutes of travel time to the field site.Additional Information
- A box lunch will be provided. Please make your lunch selection when you register.
- Sunscreen, hiking shoes, hat, sunglasses, etc. are recommended for the field.
- There is no cost for the workshop, however pre-registration is required and space is limited.
- Restrooms are not available during the field portion of the workshop.
Contact
Registration Contact:
Katie Hietala-Henschell
The Xerces Society
503-232-6639
katie@xerces.org
Workshop Instructor:
Candace Fallon
The Xerces Society
503-232-6639
candace.fallon@xerces.org
Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife Contact:
Ann Potter
Conservation Biologist - Insect Specialist
360-902-2496
ann.potter@dfw.wa.gov
Citizen Science Workshop:
Monarchs and Milkweeds in the West
Thursday, June 22, 2017
- Candace Fallon, Senior Conservation Biologist, Xerces Society
- Ann Potter, Conservation Biologist, WA Dept. Fish and Wildlife
The workshop will include an indoor morning presentation followed by lunch (provided) and a hands-on field component where participants will learn to identify monarchs and native milkweed species, common nectar plants, and search for monarch eggs, larvae, and chrysalids.
Instructors
Candace Fallon, Senior Conservation Biologist, The Xerces Society
Candace is a Conservation Biologist with the Xerces Society’s Endangered Species Program, where she focuses on the conservation of rare and declining invertebrates in the western U.S. Since 2012, she has spearheaded numerous monarch conservation projects, including providing training and educational workshops for volunteers and agency biologists, monitoring over 100 California overwintering sites, and developing regional monarch nectar plant guides for the continental U.S. Most recently, she led the development of a new citizen science website, the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper, to collect milkweed and monarch observations throughout the West. Candace is a coauthor of the Xerces Society’s book Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects.
Ann Potter, Conservation Biologist--Insect Specialist, WA Dept. Fish and Wildlife
Ann has worked with WDFW on conservation of imperiled insects in Washington for over 20 years. Her work has primarily focused on imperiled butterflies; addressing key biological and management questions, and working with land managers to conserve species and their habitats. Though her job is statewide, her study subjects have mostly been butterflies of western Washington. Ann is excited to collaborate with WDFW biologists and land managers, citizen naturalists, and other agency biologists in a Monarch project in Washington that is part of a larger western Monarch study and addresses critical and region-specific questions of Monarch biology.
Location details for indoor session:
The indoor session, starting at 9:00 am, will be held in the Cordon room at the Cave B Resort. The Cordon room is located on the second floor of the Main Inn (building 6 on the Property Map, select link to see property map). Attendees can park in the Guest Parking Area near "the Meadow" on the map, and there is a short path to walk down to get to the main inn.
Driving Directions:
From Cave B Resort (indoor portion) to lunch spot:
Exit winery; turn right on Silica Rd NW; merge onto I-90 W for about 4 miles; exit at the Scenic overlook of the Columbia River
From lunch spot to Lower Crab Creek parking lot (outdoor field portion):
Take I-90 West, exit to Hwy 26; turnoff on Hwy 243, paralleling Columbia River; turn left (east) on Crab Creek Rd, just past high trestle bridge crossing Columbia River; drive about 5 miles to gravel parking lot on left (north) side of road.