Annual Newsletter Index

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Contents: What the Data Say: Monarch Populations over Time; Tachinid Flies and Monarch Density; Interactions Between Migration and Disease; Milkweed Aphids; MLMP: Beyond the Data; Tips for a Successful Monitoring Season in 2011; MLMP Volunteer Photos; Driven to Discover: Citizen Science Research; Got Milkweed?; Volunteer Spotlight: John and Marlene Weber; Volunteer Honor Roll.

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Contents: Upper Midwest Data Analysis; Western Overwintering Grounds; MLMP Volunteers: Advocates; Monarchs in the Desert; Driven to Discover & Key Monitoring Tips; Support Monarch Habitat!; Volunteers In Action; New MLMP Website & Protocol; Non-native Milkweed; Journal Articles with MLMP Data; MLMP Honor Roll; Monarch Store.

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Contents: 2009 Real Science With Kids, The Effects and Importance of Predation on Immature Monarchs, Create a Butterfly Garden, Monarch Habitat Conservation, Ecoregional Planting Guides, Pollinator Conservation Efforts, Milkweed Identification, Monarch Monitoring Handbook: A Guide to Helping Monarchs, Visiting the People and Monarchs of Mexico, Texas Drought: How Rainfall Affects Monarchs, New Aphid Study.

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Contents: 2008 The Deforestation in Monarch Overwintering Sites, Combining Monarch Data to Study the Monarch Species, Trilateral Monarch Monitoring Handbook, Oe Study by MLMP volunteer Diane Rock, More Monarch Research at Fair Oaks Ranch, Wasps and Monarchs, Recent MLMP Research Publications, Milkweed Mysteries: An Update from Deb Marcinski, Monarch Crossword Puzzle, Volunteers in Action, Milkweed Dangers: Aphids and Slugs.

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Contents: 2007 Monarch Numbers Update: From the milkweed fields and Mexico, Tachinid Flies and Monarchs (and Wasps!), Ilse Gebhard: Does Spotted Knapweed Repel Monarch Butterflies?, Milkweed Mysteries: Deb Marcinski, MLMP FAQs, Monarch Word Search, Monitoring Materials, Volunteers in Action, Milkweed in the Garden, Milkweed Mysteries: John Sanders and Karl Pauli, Black Shallow-Wort in central Vermont: Michael Bald.

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Contents: 2006 Monarch Numbers Update: From the milkweed fields and Mexico…, Possible Changes in Monarch Fall Migration Detected in Texas, Geographical Variation: How did 2004 and 2005 Stack up?, Monarch Crossword Puzzle, MLMP Volunteers Attend Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly Symposium, Monitoring Materials, Volunteer Spotlight: Annette Strom, Volunteer Spotlight: Charlie Gatchel, MLMP Volunteers Hard at Work, Project MonarchHealth: A new citizen science opportunity!, MLMP Want-ads: Researchers Needed!, A Curious Find in California, Monarch Migration Along Lake Michigan by Ilse Gebhard.

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Contents: 2005 Monarch Numbers Update, Geographical Variation: How did 2004 Stack up?, A Curious Find in Florida, Male or Female, Matching Game: What’s in YOUR Milkweed Patch?, The MLMP Goes to College, Some of Beth’s Students’ Projects, Monarch Materials, Volunteer Spotlight: Sandy Cofran, Trapped in a Pupa for Six Weeks, MLMP Volunteers Hard at Work, Monarch Monitoring Challenges, Train-the Trainer Sessions: 2002-2004, Trainer Spotlight: Judy Packard, Monarch Breeding Distribution under a Changed Climate.

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Contents: 2004 What do the Numbers Say: 2003 North Monarch Breeding Numbers, Tachinid Flies: Where were they in 2003?, Monarch Lab Research: Mosquito Spray and Monarchs, Monarchs and Global Climate Change, 2004 Storm in Mexico Colonies, Sneaky Look-Alikes, Test Your Monitoring Know-How, MLMP and Student Research: Laura Molenaar, science teacher on sabbatical with the MLMP, Monitoring Materials, MLMP Much More Than Monarchs, MLMP Volunteers Hard at Work, Mostly, FAQ's, Putting a Face to the Name: 2004 U MN MLMP Crew, MLMP Trainer Spotlight: Duane Flynn & Suzanne Simmons, MLMP Trainers and Train-the-Trainer Session, Royal Visitor by Paul G. Dextraze, MLMP Findings in Print!

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Contents: 2003 Monarch Numbers: What can the MLMP tell us about the effects of the January 2002 Storm in Mexico?, An Endangered Royal Flight by Sanny Oberhauser, Geographical Variation: How did 2002 Stack up?, Predation and Parasitism in the Milkweed Patch, Milkweed Community Matching Game, Monarchs and Biotechnology, Milkweed Mania, Quick Tips for Successful Monitoring, What a Site!: Finding a monitoring site, Reflections from MLMP volunteers, Meet the MLMP Staff, MLMP and Middle School Student Research, New Partnerships, Trainer Spotlight: Ridlon (Kip) Kiphart, Monarch Butterfly Biology and Conservation, Milkweed, Monarchs and More.

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Contents: MLMP News; Monarch And Citizen Science; Geographical Variation In Monarch Densities; Monarchs And Their Natural Enemies; Monitoring Fall Reproduction; Year-To-Year Variation In Monarch Densities; Spotlight On A Volunteer; Returning Data; What Is MLMP?

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Contents: Monitoring News; Monitoring Results; Participants’ Reflections; Acknowledgements; Call For 2000 Volunteers; Workshop Announcements.