{"id":2763,"date":"2016-02-29T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T11:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2016-02-29T21:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T02:40:37","slug":"monarchs-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/monarchs-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarchs on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"http:\/\/ktar.com\/story\/933742\/mexico-documents-big-rebound-in-monarch-butterflies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>SHARE STORY<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Judy Kennedy, for allerting us to this. \u00a0Having followed the decline of the Monarch ever since the article submitted to this site by Tom Jegla in 2014, I have continued to look for milkweed and monarchs. \u00a0How terrific to get some heartening news.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the start of the story to whet your appetite.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2765\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2765\" data-attachment-id=\"2765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/monarchs-on-the-rise\/unnamed-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,310\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 4, 2015 file photo, a kaleidoscope of Monarch butterflies cling to tree branches, in the Piedra Herrada sanctuary, near Valle de Bravo, Mexico. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2765\" src=\"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"In this Jan. 4, 2015 file photo, a kaleidoscope of Monarch butterflies cling to tree branches, in the Piedra Herrada sanctuary, near Valle de Bravo, Mexico. \" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2016\/02\/unnamed.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Jan. 4, 2015 photo (AP\/Rebecca Blackwell), a kaleidoscope of Monarch butterflies cling to tree branches near Valle de Bravo, Mexico.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 <strong>Monarch <\/strong>butterflies have made a big comeback in their wintering grounds in Mexico, after suffering serious declines, investigators said Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Just a word from Kim Holmquist in Santa Barbara. &#8220;They&#8217;ve been arriving here since December. \u00a0There is one particular spot they gather and it is pretty impressive. (Though of course our Newcomers trip to the Grove last year was on our one day of rain for the month of January!!) \u00a0Also I want to remind\u00a0those that are thinking of putting in Milkweed: \u00a0there are evidently 2 different varieties and one of them is bad for the Monarchs, so be sure to get the right one!&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0<em>Ed. 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