How to Tag & Track Monarchs for Conservation with Monarch Watch Director Dr. Kristen Baum

Given the alarming 80% decline in monarch butterfly populations over the last 50 years, monitoring monarch butterflies has become increasingly critical for conservation efforts.

With Monarch Watch (‪@monarchwatch‬) director Dr. Kristen Baum and our ReWild Summer Program students (‪@rewildlongisland9506‬), learn how you can tag monarchs for the Monarch Watch Tagging Program to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular 3000-mile fall migration through mark and recapture.

▶️ Video Contents
0:00 Introduction
2:38 History of Monarch Tagging
7:07 Estimating monarch population count with overwintering habitat
13:50 Tag recoveries
15:53 Impacts of deforestation & climate change on migration
17:53 Monarch butterfly annual cycle
19:10 Monarch life cycle
24:25 Report sightings to Journey North
24:58 Monarch Watch tagging kits
25:34 When to start tagging & peak migration
27:33 How to submit tagging data to Monarch Watch
28:30 Male vs female butterflies
29:44 Placement of tags
30:19 Migration research & data
35:15 Other Monarch Watch programs
37:25 Additional tagging tips
38:27 Importance of monarch butterflies
40:05 Q&A
42:21 Receive funding to build a native plant garden
43:21 Kahoot quiz (link below)

🗣️ About the Speaker
Dr. Kristen Baum, the director of Monarch Watch, is a professor in the University of Kansas Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, holding a PhD in entomology. She is also a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research. Dr. Baum’s research focuses on the impact of land use and management practices on pollinators, with a special emphasis on native bees and monarch butterflies.

With over 25 years of experience working with monarchs and other pollinators in the Great Plains, Dr. Baum has contributed to numerous state, regional, and national initiatives aimed at promoting pollinator conservation.

Her work in research and Monarch Watch is deeply intertwined; she tags monarchs as part of her studies and has even established a monarch waystation at her home.

🌟 Kahoot Link
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Monarch Watching Tagging Program: https://monarchwatch.org/tagging/
Monarchs Matter Raise, Tag, & Release Program: https://www.monarchsmatter.net/raise-...
ReWild Community Gardens Program: https://www.rewildlongisland.org/gardens
Build a Monarch Waystation: https://www.https://www.monarchwatch....

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