Xerces Events

Join the Xerces Society's western monarch team for the highly anticipated announcement of Fall 2024 monarch count tallies! Every year since 1997, community scientists and conservation professionals have joined forces via the Western Monarch Count (WMC) to survey overwintering western monarchs and their habitats. Surveys are conducted at the same time each year while monarchs are clustered, allowing scientists to compare population estimates across time and geography. Hear all about this season's findings, volunteer highlights, updates related to the recent ESA proposed listing, and more! We hope to see you there.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

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Isis Howard - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Western Monarch Community Science - Xerces Society


Sara Cuadra-Vargas - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Monarch Overwintering Specialist - Xerces Society


Emma Pelton - Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Western Monarch Lead - Xerces Society

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Join Xerces Society Endangered Species Conservation Biologist and Monarch Overwintering Specialist, Ashley Fisher, to learn about radio-tracking monarchs. Radio-tracking is a new technology that answers long-held questions about the western monarch movement and habitat use. See this technology in action and how it will help conserve our precious western monarchs.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

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Ashley Fisher - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Monarch Overwintering Specialist - Xerces Society

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Join the Pollinator Friendly Alliance for three days of live presentations with a wealth of experts and topics on ecologically sound land practices that promote pollinators, climate resilience, clean water and lands. Summit topics provide practical knowledge and innovation on pesticide reduction, habitat installation, conservation, pollinator biology, climate resilience and more.

Monday, March 3: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM CT
Tuesday, March 4: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT
Wednesday, March 5: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT

See the complete schedule of all three days at pollinatorfriendly.org/summit. Join every talk, or attend just your favorites. All three days: $65.

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This event is hosted by the Pollinator Friendly Alliance and is intended for land stewards (private, public, community, county, state), policymakers, public works, environmental and parks commissions, biologists, scientists, ecologists, conservation planners, roadside managers, parks and trails managers, community leaders, public and private area landscapers, conservationists, and educators. But anyone with an interest in the topic is invited.

Unfortunately, there isn't "one weird trick" to communicating bug science. We know that emotions are important in persuading people and encouraging evidence-based decision making. But how do you make a real connection in a time of misinformation and political division? Join Gwen Pearson, science communicator and entomologist, to explore this topic in our upcoming webinar.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

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Gwen Pearson is an award-winning science communicator with a PhD in Entomology. In addition to her work writing for WIRED Magazine, Highlights For Kids, and other science news outlets, she's run an insect zoo and worked as an Extension Entomologist in various roles. She's now retired and is an Outreach Ambassador for the non-profit Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

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