Description: So many of us are concerned about the declining Monarch populations. What can we do to stem the tide of their possible extinction? Montreal Canada Insectarium has an ongoing program, Mission Monarch, that is part of an international research and education effort aimed at saving the migratory populations of this endangered species. Our monarch butterfly populations are severely depleted and struggling. This program encourages citizens to be a part of the documenting process. Why? Listen in as Andre Phillippe describes their mission, how citizens are helping and what can we do to save this precious species.
Go to missionmonarch.org for more details.
About My guest: André-Philippe Drapeau Picard is the coordinator of Mission Monarch, a citizen science program run by the Montréal Insectarium at Espace pour la vie. He completed a masters degree in biology at Laval University, Quebec City, where he studied insects and spiders in peatlands. The Mission Monarch team at the Insectarium collaborates with scientists in NGOs and governments in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to raise awareness and inform actions for monarch conservation.
Insectarium de Montréal | Espace pour la vie
T. 514 872-0659 / F 514 872-0662
xdrapan@ville.montreal.qc.ca
L’Insectarium est fermé jusqu’à l’été 2021.
Adresse temp oraire :
Maison de l’arbre | Espace pour la vie
4500, boulevard Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1X 2B1
Transcript: #70 Andre Philippe Drapeau-Picard
Judith Dreyer, MS, BSN, Writer, Speaker, and Workshop Presenter, Master Gardener.
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This would be a great project to be shared with the CT Master Gardeners . I am going to send the information to an MA Master Gardener also. I feel this is something that the Master Gardener Program could help with and should be part of the curriculum. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have posted this on my facebook to try to encourage those people to also participate. Seems so easy and the data is so helpful.
Yes I agree. Let me know how you make out.