[Leps-l] [leps-talk] Monarch Armageddon

[Paul Cherubini]

On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Chip Taylor wrote:

> Well said. I drove through central IL after Thanksgiving in 2011 and 
> took lots of back roads through the farmland. You are right, the 
> narrow margins from the edge of the road to the edge of the field (as 
> narrow as 6ft in some places) contained virtually nothing for 
> pollinators

What happens if you get out of your car and take a closer
look?  When I do that I still find monarchs and other pollinators
within minutes even in the most industrialized farm 
settings imaginable like this one: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxP2IcGiZO4I 

> Saving the monarch migration is only partially about
> this species. 

Chip, you have not provided credible evidence that
millions of milkweed plants and thousands of acres of
forest trees in Mexico will NOT still be available
50-100 years from now to support a migratory 
population of millions of eastern monarchs. 

So your message to the public and reporters that
the monarch migration needs to be "saved"
is not based on credible science.  

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.