... Monte, do you know of "riparian areas and wet meadows" in western Nevada where milkweed can be found in abundance? I don't. In my experience the milkweed ...
Paul, Thanks for your information and i always enjoy your photos. Two thoughts ran through my head while looking at your photographs. First, and a bit ...
Monte Sanford
monte.sanford@...
May 2, 2009 2:41 am
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... Monte, it appears we agree on one critical point; i.e. that milkweeds are only sparsely distributed in the riparian areas and wet meadows of western Nevada...
A clarification re: And Gail Morris recently said that at the Texas Conservation Workshop the attendees were taught:"Work with local city, county and state...
Gail Morris
gail-marie@...
May 2, 2009 1:30 pm
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This email is an FYI to all of you on the Western Monarchs List. The position advertised below is the first step in the initiation of a national monarch...
Chip Taylor
chip@...
May 2, 2009 3:25 pm
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Paul et al, Good points in you email regarding spraying and dealing with government. Personal experience is that you need to be almost ready to throw yourself...
Hi. All: 5/5/09 I'm just walking around my house and front yard "pot garden" smiling and thinking what a great experience I...
hjohnson1952@...
May 4, 2009 9:13 pm
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Helen, glad to hear you had a great time learning what it takes to raise lots of monarchs at the Shady Oaks Butterfly Farm in Florida. Below is what Edith...
Hi, All: Wanted to share my latest E-Mail from Jessica Griffiths who was the chief Biologist for my Monterey County "Monarch Alert" Program of monitering and...
hjohnson1952@...
May 6, 2009 1:32 am
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I find it curious that Jessica doesn't mention visiting known monarch overwintering sites in New Zealand. She mentions visiting the city of Christchurch and...
... John, I apologise to Jessica and the group if my comments came across as uncomplimentary of Jessica's New Zealand travelog report. But naturally I'm...
Yo, John and Paul: (Lighten up, please) Enjoy Jessica Griffith's account of her last freedom from responsibilities on this trip to New Zealand and...
hjohnson1952@...
May 6, 2009 6:18 pm
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Hello all I have been watching news reports about the fires in Santa Barbara and thinking about you all. Hope everyone is safe and that your property has...
Any word from our old friend, Professor Adrian Wenner, now age 81, who's home was on the edge of this inferno in Santa Barbara. Adrian accompanied a group of...
Don, a cool, moist, onshore seabreeze arrived yesturday and blew the fire away from the coast and Adrian Wenner's home and helped firefighters get the upper...
Greetings all I am leaving for a visit to Bro. John on the Navajo Reservation early Monday May 11 --Gone for a week, but I wanted to share some of the...
hjohnson1952@...
May 10, 2009 6:15 pm
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Mr. Davis, If you really want to know, I can swing by and check on him tomorrow (Monday), if you give me his address. I am going to Santa Barbara to pick up a...
Thank you, Jacqui! While I have been extremely fortunate personally (rode it out without evacuating, no fire or even excessive smoke in my small corner of...
Helen and all, The milkweed latex/sap is from the tropical species, A. curassavica. The problem is a seasonal one. During the cool, winter months, if there is...
Internal compass set for Mexico http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1562054 In the article Dr. Barrie Frost said: "The monarchs' internal compass...
Hi all Here are a couple of very useful videos as to how to plant milkweeds. The videos have been made by Bobbie Gendron of Butterfly Encounters - met him...
http://montesanford.com/?p=320 (Pardon my ignorance of geography of the US - which is more west - the mountains or the deserts? If it's the deserts, you'll be...
Yo, Bro. John: Got home about 7:30 PM Sun Nite. Had lots of fun staying overnite with the RV in KOA campgrounds, one in a pine forest, and the other in the...
hjohnson1952@...
May 18, 2009 4:51 am
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... Chip, are your statements based on observing monarch caterpillars in the wild or in a laboratory setting? In the wild, I have commonly observed monarch...
Hi all This could make the Xerces Society and others come out of the woodwork, mightn't it? The report "hints at" Monarchs? coming from the other side of the...
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