Mark Your Calendar: Monarch Butterflies Are Coming! Check out the PBS shows!

Mark Your Calendar: Monarch Butterflies Are Coming!

1) The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies: I was privilaged to be an exchange teacher in 2005 teaching students who we are connected by the Monarch Butterflies, and I climbed the Mountain tops and experienced this River of Butterflies for myself. 

One of the true natural wonders of the world!

Tuesday, January 27
A TV show not to be missed - The Incredible Journey of the
Butterflies--can be seen on PBS this coming Tuesday, Jan. 27th at 8:00
p.m. EST. Follow the 2,000 mile migration of Monarch butterflies to a
sanctuary in the Highlands of Mexico. Monarchs are not yet an endangered
species, but they face many challenges in both the United States and
Mexico, and their annual migration is becoming an endangered phenomenon.
"You will be awestruck to see what these little flying jewels go through
to complete their brief life cycle," says Dr. Lincoln Brower who is
featured in the program. "Each one of us can make a difference in
increasing the Monarch population."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/butterflies/about.html

2) JThe ourney North Begins! Thursday, February 5
Journey North begins in February when the monarchs are at their winter
refuge deep in central Mexico. The monarch's unique winter habitat is
found on only 12 mountaintops on the planet, and the monarch's story is
one of nature's most incredible examples of adaptation and survival. In
a unique partnership, you can join students and scientists across North
America this spring to track the monarch butterfly's migration from
Mexico. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/index.html