[Leps-l] New Regional Monarch Nectar Plant Guides Now Available

Thu Dec 8 11:03:35 EST 2016

Thank you, Roger. I hope the migrant population survives as well! We have a
lot of good folks working on monarch conservation across the country, so
I'm hopeful.

All the best,
Candace

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds to me like Candace that your organization is doing a good job. I
> hope the migrant Monarch population in the East is going to survive the
> next 50 years. There is a very significant chance they will not due to
> Human interference and that saddens me greatly.
>
>
> Roger Kuhlman
>
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
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>
> 2016 was not a great Monarch year in southeast Michigan.
>
>
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> *From:* leps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu <leps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
> on behalf of Candace Fallon <candace.fallon at xerces.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 7, 2016 3:29 PM
> *To:* leps-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Leps-l] New Regional Monarch Nectar Plant Guides Now Available
>
> Monarchs are in decline across North America. With milkweed loss in the
> east identified as a major contributing factor to this decline, the
> national call to action has understandably focused primarily on planting
> milkweeds, which are the required host plants for monarch caterpillars. Yet
> while restoring the millions of milkweed plants that have been lost is
> certainly an important strategy, monarchs need more than milkweed to
> support them throughout the year. Adult monarchs need nectar to fuel them
> during spring migration and breeding and to build up stores of fat which
> sustain them during fall migration and winter.
>
> There are many sources of information about which species of native
> milkweeds are best for your region, but information on which nectar plants
> are best for monarchs has not been available for large areas of the
> U.S. Working with the Monarch Joint Venture and the National Wildlife
> Federation, the Xerces Society has created a series of nectar plant lists
> for the continental U.S. based on a database of nearly 24,000 monarch
> nectaring observations. Each of the 15 regional guides highlights species
> that are commercially available, are native to and widely found in the
> region, and are known to be hardy or relatively easy to grow in a garden
> setting.
>
> Read more about this project on our blog
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_blog_to-2Dsave-2Dmonarchs-2Dwe-2Dneed-2Dmore-2Dthan-2Djust-2Dmilkweed_&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=piomhAJE5RVZNQKaM-oFESSprC7Z4Ra-dlxjxw4hzE0&s=uQJ-XAu2l2jgYTZs06mQQQoazr2uyXAkLfJ_ajCupNs&e=>,
> or find a nectar plant guide for your region here
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_monarch-2Dnectar-2Dplants_&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=piomhAJE5RVZNQKaM-oFESSprC7Z4Ra-dlxjxw4hzE0&s=i7BMwySOpFHVGqAKDJr2NruGvWNF27cYZAeY0TUW48E&e=>.
> These plant lists are works-in-progress and benefit from your help. You can
> submit additional monarch nectaring observations via our online survey
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_d_e_1FAIpQLSfC85E-2DbtqsGSrt16TSAogICzLV2PvOlrID-2Dun-2Dm0jWJpJQkA_viewform-3Fc-3D0-26w-3D1&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=piomhAJE5RVZNQKaM-oFESSprC7Z4Ra-dlxjxw4hzE0&s=qzWWSFpzLcetGLt6cdYpNALj9V3hkoYpoOIk0slU_kU&e=>.
> We are grateful to the many different researchers and monarch enthusiasts
> across the country who have already contributed to our database - thank you!
>
> --
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> *Candace Fallon*
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