We have probably all been reading about the Monarch butterfly losing huge n umbers because losing habitat in their wintering place in Mexico. Would be awful if we drove yet another species -- one so gorgeous -- into near exti nction.
This plea from the Natural Resources Defense Council (one of THE best and m ost influential conservation groups -- think Robert Redford) asks us to hel p restore habitat by giving "Green Gifts" described in this URL:
Full information about the wintering places of these fragile beauties for p opulations East and West of the Rockies, can be found on this URL:
I didn't know that the Western population winters so close to me!
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Western North American Population
Monarchs living west of the Rocky Mountain range in North America overwinte r in California along the Pacific coast near Santa Cruz and San Diego. Here microclimatic conditions are very similar to that in central Mexico. Monar chs roost in eucalyptus, Monterey pines, and Monterey cypresses in Californ ia
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We who contribute to so many conservation groups are understandably overloa ded at this season when the solicitations come piling through the mail slot .
Just a thought...
HB