Check out our latest story! IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Tracking the Eastern Sierra Monarch

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Out latest feature: IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Tracking the Eastern Sierra Monarch U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Rachel Williams holds a tagged monarch butterfly during a field survey to record locations of Eastern Sierra monarchs and their milkweed food sources. Credit: USFWS   By Rachel Williams March 10, 2017 MIGRATING WONDERS Like ducks and caribou, monarch butterflies migrate with the changing seasons. As the weather cools and plants begin to go dormant in the fall, monarchs fly to warmer areas to overwinter. As a biologist in a remote part of California nestled between the Sierra Nevada Mountain range and the Great Basin desert, known as the Eastern Sierra, I have been working with other scientists and volunteers to try to learn more about the migration patterns of western monarchs. Last summer, with the help of volunteers referred to as "citizen scientists," we began recording locations of Eastern Sierra monarchs and their milkweed food sources. Continue to full story... Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825