Intended Audience
This course is intended for land managers and citizen scientists.There is no cost for the workshop, however, pre-registration is required and space is limited to 35 people.
Lunch will not be provided; please bring a bagged lunch and snacks to the course.
We anticipate a warm afternoon. Sunscreen, hiking shoes, a hat, and sunglasses are recommended for the field session.
Registration Contact
Lauren Richey, Xerces Society
(503) 232-6639, Ext. 123
lauren.richey@xerces.org
Workshop Instructor Contact
Candace Fallon, Xerces Society
(503) 232-6639, Ext. 118
candace.fallon@xerces.org
Photo Credits
Banner Photo:Candace Fallon, The Xerces Society
Side Photo:
Stephanie McKnight, The Xerces Society
Monarch and Milkweed Conservation in the West:
Integrating Citizen Science and Best Management Practices
Red Butte Garden
Salt Lake City, Utah
Friday, June 8th, 2018
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM MDT
PLEASE JOIN THE XERCES SOCIETY AND THE SOUTHWEST MONARCH STUDY FOR A WORKSHOP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WESTERN MONARCHS, MILKWEED, AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN CURRENT CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
The workshop will be broken into a morning classroom session and an afternoon field session in the gardens. During the field session, we will search milkweeds for adult and immature monarchs, practice tagging and data collection, and tie in lessons learned from the classroom.
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 and the recently released Managing for Monarchs in the West: Best Management Practices for Conserving the Monarch Butterfly and its Habitat.
Gail Morris, Coordinator of the Southwest Monarch Study
Gail Morris coordinates the Southwest Monarch Study, a citizen science research project based in Arizona that monitors monarch butterflies in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, western Colorado and the deserts of California. She is also a member of the Western Monarch Conservation Science Team, a Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, and the Vice President of the Monarch Butterfly Fund and the Central Arizona Butterfly Association. Gail has authored several monarch publications and dedicates her time training citizen scientists to participate in monarch research, education, and conservation in the southwestern United States. Recently, she received a 2017 Impact Volunteer Award from the City of Phoenix.
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