In 2022, the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and USA National Phenology Network are launching a community science project called Desert Refuge to track monarchs and milkweeds in the state of Arizona. Monarchs travel through Arizona in the fall and spring, and some spend the winter here. Some breed and produce offspring during part of their time here, but the timing and contributing factors are not well understood. That's where you come in!
We are asking participants to choose at least one milkweed in a convenient area like your backyard or local park. Check the milkweed and look for monarchs once a week using the Nature's Notebook app. Your commitment is less than 10 minutes a week from September through April and you are contributing valuable data that will help us conserve monarchs.
For more information and instructions, visit https://www.usanpn.org/nn/DesertRefuge. Sign up there for email updates and to attend a watch a recorded training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN-DMMf6Ms&feature=youtu.be.. We hope to see you there!
This project is generously supported by Monarch Joint Venture and US Forest Service International Programs.
If you're not interested in participating in the project, please consider signing up for the email newsletter to follow announcements about the project.
If you have any questions please contact Irene Dickinson, Arizona Monarch Collaborative Coordinator at: idickinson@dbg.org or
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