<div dir="ltr">The program last night on the PBS News Hour indicates the estimated hectare size of the Mexico overwintering population is the smallest yet measured. �Lincoln Brower's projection seems to be coming true: the migration phenomenon seems to be declining steadily. �Check this info at PBS.com and search in the PBS News hour for 24 Dec. piece. �Sadly, neither Lincoln nor Chip Taylor were included in the coverage, which mainly featured folks at Texas A&M. �No problem with that. �Photos of containers of Roundup were included in the story. �Merry Christmas. �Cheers, Charlie</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Roger Kuhlman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rkuhlman@hotmail.com" target="_blank">rkuhlman@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">How is the�overall migrating Monarch�population doing this year? I think the Monarch season(breeding and migrating)�in southeast Michigan (Washtenaw, Wayne, Lenawee, and Monroe counties) was the worst year I can remember since I began intensively surveying butterflies back in 1997.<br>
�<br>What do other people in the East and Midwest think?<br>�<br>Roger Kuhlman<br>Ann Arbor, Michigan<br>12/25/2013�<br>�<br><div>><br>> Subject: Re: [Leps-l] Unpublicized Monarch Overwintering Sites<div><div class="h5">
<br>> <br>> Secrete????? Not really. This small and only occasionally occupied <br>> location has been known for a long time. Due to it's remoteness and <br>> the fact that it is small and often not occupied, it is seldom <br>
> visited.<br>> No one has claimed that the number of monarchs at this site are <br>> anything but a small proportion of the total population.<br>> <br>> Gail Morris passed along the following write up on this location - <br>
> dating from 2002.<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.tierramerica.net/2002/0120/iarticulo.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.tierramerica.net/2002/0120/iarticulo.shtml</a><br>> <br>> >Paul,<br>> ><br>
> >What a tremendous service you have rendered to the Monarch by subtly <br>> >revealing 'secret' overwintering sites.<br>> ><br>> >Pelham<br>> ><br>> >_______________________________________________<br>
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