Monarch Sites -- General

• Journey North - a site devoted to tracking the migrations of many wildlife species
• Monarch Monitoring Project - a history of past monarch migrations
• Monarch Watch - a comprehensive site dedicated to education, conservation, and research on monarchs
• Monarch Butterfly USA - fabulous pictures and information about the Monarch Butterfly. A wonderful complement to the children's book Monarch Magic!

Monarch Education

• Blake School Monarch Butterfly Project - projects and student-written information on monarchs
• Monarch Magic! Butterfly Activities & Nature Activities - monarch life cycle, preservation of milkweed habitat, migration, raise/release of monarch butterflies, butterfly gardening and exciting crafts for kids. A portion of the sales are donated to MBSF.
• Monarchs and Migration - learn more about monarch migration, run by the Science Museum of Minnesota
• Monica the Monarch - a site created by an 8th grader from New Jersey on how to raise monarchs
• Texas Environmental Studies Institute - explores monarch butterflies, Texas fossils, Texas rivers and other environmental science programs serving the students of the Gulf Coast area of Texas.
• Victoria Christian School - a middle school that keeps a log of its monarch observations, many good photos here

Monarch Conservation

• Ecotourism:  A Tool for Sustainable Development - an informational article on ecotourism issues
• The Michoacan Reforestation Fund  - this site's mission is to save the oyamel forests used by monarchs in Mexico

Monarch Current Events

• Bt or not Bt ...Transgenic Corn vs. Monarch Butterflies
• Monarch Butterfly Orientation: Missing Pieces of a Magnificent Puzzle
• Monarchs Under Siege: Will a Threat Facing a Favourite Butterfly Trigger Gene Crop Fears in the U.S.?

Butterfly Sites

• AITLC Guide to the Monarch Butterfly - provides many links to monarch and butterfly related sites
• Butterflies of North America - an indexed guide (by state) to butterflies in North America - ran by the U.S. Geological Survey
• The Butterfly Website - a lot of information on butterfly gardening, farming, ecology and education.
• Children's Butterfly Site - a lot of information on butterflies, includes activities geared towards children 
• Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera - a site full of links to all facets of butterfly education
• North American Butterfly Association - a site dedicated to increasing public enjoyment and conservation of butterflies
• Tactics and Vectors:  Research on Butterfly Migration - a site devoted to promoting field studies on flight tactics and the navigation of migrating butterflies in N.A.
• Monarch Butterlfy Usa -

Butterfly Gardening Sites  

• Bring Back the Butterflies Campaign - has a guide to making gardens by region
• Butterfly Gardening and Conservation - includes a step-by-step guide to making a garden, run by the Missouri Dept. of Conservation
• The Butterfly Zone - the butterfly gardening connection, how to attract butterfies and more!
• How to Make Butterfly Gardens - University of Kentucky site, includes nectar preferences for specific butterflies

Insect Sites

• The Insects Home Page - many interesting facts and statistics about insects
• The Xerces Society - a site focused on public education about invertebrates

More sites are on the way!!

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