MONARCH SISTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM
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Mary Anne Rishebarger, Program Director William Dent, Natural Partners Executive Director Molly Hoopes, Naturalist, Science Educator MONARCH SISTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM
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Mary Anne Rishebarger, Program Director William Dent, Natural Partners Executive Director Molly Hoopes, Naturalist, Science Educator
MONARCH SISTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Mexico Stats:Gardens Planted:Trees Planted: ?Schools with Tree Nurseries: 6Rotary Clubs Sponsoring: 3+
We are developing and implementing this Monarch Migratory Corridor project, which will involve Rotary Clubs and schools along the 600-mile Mexican migratory path the Monarchs follow on their journey south in the fall and return north in the spring.
Rotary Global Grant update:US Gardens at Schools currently: 20 # of students served: 6,000+US Gardens ready to Plant Spring 2021: 32 # of students to serve: ?# of States planting Gardens: 7 (MD, DC, SC, MA, TX, WI, MN) # of Rotary Clubs Sponsoring Gardens: 30+
Our MSSP Mexican Program Coordinator, Jesús Arriaga, is implementing our project in Mexico to plant Monarch Gardens and Trees. Ernesto Benitez, PDG is our Rotarian Leader in Mexico.
4 stages: egg larva pupa adult butterfly
Monarch butterfly eggs are somewhat difficult to find in the wild. They hatch in 3-5 days. The best sign is to watch for adult Monarchs stopping at milkweed plants. A female will usually lay only one egg per milkweed plant to ensure enough food for each larva. The egg is usually laid on the underside of the leaf, and females prefer young plants, Laying over 100 eggs at a time.
The top of the egg will look dark before the larva is ready to emerge. Be sure to have fresh milkweed leaves for the new larva. The Larva will shed and eat its skin 4 times as it feasts on Milkweed and grows.
The Egg 5 instars
Metamorphosis (Latin/changing shape)
Caterpillar / Chrysalis / Adult butterfly
MetamorphosisCaterpillar / Chrysalis / Adult butterfly
On February 25, 2021, the yearly count of monarchs overwintering in Mexico was released. The count was down 26%.
Overall eastern monarchs have declined more than 80% in the last two decades, and along with other pollinators are facing extinction.
Once plentiful, their vital food source and habitat, milkweed or Asclepias, is now in serious decline, putting monarchs and other pollinators at extreme risk.
In 1983 the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed monarch migration as an endangered phenomenon. In 2010, monarchs were one of the World Wildlife Fund’s Top 10 to Watch, identifying Monarchs in need of close monitoring and protection.
The Monarch Watch Tagging Program is a large-scale citizen science project that was initiated in 1992 to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular fall migration through mark and recapture.
The long-range tagging program at Monarch Watch helps answer questions about the origins of monarchs that reach Mexico, the timing and pace of the migration, mortality during the migration, and changes in geographic distribution. It also shows the probability of reaching Mexico is related to geographic location, size of the butterfly, and the date (particularly as this relates to the migration window for a given location).
Ongoing research projects that rely onstudent-scientist partnerships in Tagging, Rearing, Larval Monitoring, Monarch Size and Mass, Monarch Flight Vectors & Hydrogen Isotopes. www.MonarchWatch.org
[email protected] Watch (888) TAGGINGor (785) 864-4441
Pollinator Gardens Sensory Gardens Vegetable Gardens School Gardens
Monarch Sister School Program 1. Habitat Restoration (USA, Canada, Mexico) 2. Hands-on STEAM Education to connect students with Nature 3. Cultural Exchange with sister school in Mexico
Plant Native!Save all Pollinators!
Kelly LawhornAssistant Nursery ManagerChesapeake Natives Inc.Phone: (240) [email protected]
Nursery Manager, Howard EcoWorks(410)693-4431 (c) (443)518-7669 (o)http://www.howardecoworks.org/
Asclepias Syriaca, Common Milkweed the Monarchs “Host Plant”
Common Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed
Life Cycle Monarch Larva Stage
‘caterpillars’only eat native
milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias syriaca Common Name: Common Milkweed Pollinators: Butterflies, Bees, Beetles Bloom Pink & Purple May‐August
Height: 2‐6.5 ft. Full Sun Soil: Dry, Moist
Butterfly MilkweedScientific Name: Asclepias Tuberosa
Migration to MexicoRelease adult Monarchs- Methuselah
generation
Fall Migration to Mexico
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere ReserveOyamel Trees
Monarch clusters turn the trees into an orange color
Mexican Scientists studying Oyamel Trees
Illegal Logging
Habitat Loss
Habitat Loss
Sister School “Leona Vicario”Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Planting Tree Seedlings Monarch Reserve
School Tree Nursery raising Oyamel Trees
the Monarch’s favorite tree
OYAMEL FORESTSTATE OF MICHOACAN, MEXICO November - February
OYAMEL FORESTThe overwintering sites in Mexico are in the Transvolcanic mountains, west of Mexico City. The monarchs select locations high in elevation (3000 meters or 10,000 feet) on steep slopes covered with oyamel fir trees. Monarchs begin arriving at the overwintering sites in November and trickle in most of the month.
Spring Migration - March Loss of butterflies habitat
due to pesticide use
Monarch Sister School ProgramSTEM Education with Art (brings nature to children)
Sample Lesson: Monarch Mishaps – A game of Survival
Travel with us to Mexico Feb. 2022
If you are interested in traveling with usfor 4 days/one week /or longer,
Contact [email protected]
Rotarians pledge to restore butterfly habitat: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotarians-pledge-restore-monarch-butterflys-disappearing-habitat
Rotarian Mary Anne Rishebarger
Rotarian Past District Governor Judy Freund
Rotarian Past District GovernorMarlene Gargulak
https://operationpollination.net
Rotarian Christopher E. Stein, Program ManagerNational Heritage Areas and Large Landscape InitiativesNational Park Service, Interior Regions 3, 4, and [email protected] (402) 881-1387
https://operationpollination.net
Bee the change!
Pollinators are responsible for the reproductive success of more than 85% of the world’s plants
https://operationpollination.net
RotaryDistrict 6450
62 Clubs
2,000 + Rotarians
The end goal:
Pollinators = Food Security = National Security
Pollinators are responsible for the reproductive success of more than 85% of the world’s plants.
Please Open your phones nowLike us on Facebook and Instagram & Please follow us: @MonarchSisterSchools
Monarch Sister School Program
1. Habitat Restoration (USA, Canada, Mexico) 2. Hands-on STEAM Education to connect Students with Nature 3. Cultural Exchange
www.monarchsisterschools.org• www.plantbutterflies.org
Bee the change!
Male or female Monarch?
Scientific Name Common Name Size Quantity Price
Eutrochium dubium coastal joepyeweed Gal 4 10 $40.00
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly milkweed Qt 9 7 $63.00
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed Gal 6 10 $60.00
Solidago caesia wreath goldenrod Qt 6 7 $42.00
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii New York aster Gal 4 10 $40.00
Rudbeckia hirta blackeyed susan Gal 6 10 $60.00
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed Gal 6 10 $60.00
Rudbeckia fulgida orange coneflower - Flat (15 Qts) Flat 4 10 $40.00
Penstemon digitalis foxglove beardtongue Gal 4 10 $40.00
Pycnanthemum muticum Clustered mountainmint Gal 6 10 $60.00
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium narrowleaf mountainmint Gal 4 10 $40.00
Monarda punctata spotted beebalmQuart
Quarts
6 7 $42.00
Chasmanthium latifolium Indian woodoatsQuart
Quarts
6 7 $42.00
Conoclinium coelestinum bluemist flowerGallon
Gallons
6 10 $60.00
Sorghastrum nutans Indian grass Gallons
8 10 $80.00
Total Total $769.00
Other Expenses
Expense Size Quantity Cost Per
Total Cost
Topsoil: 45 Cubic Feet
$6 per CF
$270.00
Garden Fencing 65 feet
$81.62
Large Signage 1 200 $200.00
Small Signage 15 5 $75.00
Total $626.62
Overall cost: $1,395.62
NAF Garden Budget - Spring 2021Plants/flowers
Scientific Name Common Name Size Quantity
Price
Monarda punctata spotted beebalm Quart 6 7 $42.00
Chasmanthium latifolium Indian woodoats Quart 6 7 $42.00
Conoclinium coelestinum bluemist flower Gallons 6 10 $60.00
Sorghastrum nutans Indian grass Gallons 8 10 $80.00
Total Total $769.00
Other Expenses
Expense Size Quant Cost Per
Total Cost
Topsoil: 45 Cu Ft $6 cf $270.00
Garden Fencing 65 feet $81.62
Large Signage 1 200 $200.00
Small Signage 15 5 $75.00
Total $626.62
Overall cost: Total $1,395.62
NAF Garden Budget - Spring 2021Plants/flowers
How do we save monarchs?
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1. Are milkweed plants deer resistant?Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a critically important native pollinator plant (bloom time: summer). Several dozen species of Milkweed are native to North America. Monarch caterpillars only eat Milkweed. It attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies, and is Deer resistant. Rotarian, Dr. Chris Puttock says: Yes, deer will take one bite then leave the milkweeds alone.
2. Will Cicadas harm Monarchs? They are expected this year 2021Rotarian, Dr. Chris Puttock says: Cicadas do no harm to milkweeds. Their eggs are laid on young branches of shrubs and trees. They then go underground and continue to suck on roots of grasses then shrubs and trees for 17 years.
Questions
Mary Anne Rishebarger [email protected]
Resources:
The US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region California, Nevada & Klamath Basin, OR
Schoolyard Habitat Program & Project Guide: https://www.fws.gov/cno/pdf/HabitatGuideColor.pdfhttps://www.fws.gov/cno/conservation/Schoolyard.html
The St. Louis Butterfly ProjectMonarch Gardens for Urban Schools PreK –12https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/monarchs/
Kansas University Biological Survey / MonarchWatch.orgFree Milkweed PlantsMonarch Watch is a cooperative network of researchers, teachers, students & volunteers dedicated to the study of the monarch butterfly in nationwide efforts to promote the conservation of monarchs and their habitat, to further science education using monarchs; and to involve thousands of students and adults in a study of monarch’s spectacular fall migration through North America.
We're still excited about the opportunity to partner with the Rotary and Monarch Sister Schools.
Species Common NameHERBACEOUSAsclepias incarnata SWAMP MILKWEEDAsclepias tuberosa BUTTERFLYWEEDAmsonia hubrechtii BLUESTARChelone glabra TURTLEHEADChrysogonum virginianum GREEN AND GOLDEupatorium coelestinum MISTFLOWERGeranium maculatum WILD GERANIUMHeuchera americana HAIRY ALUMROOTHeuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' HAIRY ALUMROOTIris versicolor BLUEFLAG IRISLobelia cardinalis CARDINAL FLOWERLobelia siphilitica GREAT BLUE LOBELIAMonarda fistulosa BEE BALMPackera aurea GOLDEN RAGWORTPenstemon digitalis BEARDSTONGUEPhlox divaricata WOODLAND PHLOXPycnanthemum muticum MOUNTAIN MINTRudebeckia fulgida BLACK-EYED SUSANSolidago odora SWEET GOLDENRODSolidago rugosa WRINKLELEAF GOLDENRODTiarella cordifolia FOAM FLOWERZizia aurea GOLDEN ALEXANDERGRASSESAndropogon virginicus BROOMSEDGECarex amphibola CREEK SEDGEDeschampsia cespitosa TUFTED HAIRGRASSEragrostis spectabilis PURPLE LOVEGRASSPanicum virgatum SWITCHGRASSSchizachyrium scoparium LITTLE BLUESTEM
Nursery Manager, Howard EcoWorks410)693-4431 (c) (443)518-7669 (o)http://www.howardecoworks.org/
