2020
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JAN 10th
Evening Keynote Address & Informal Social Mixer
SATURDAY, JAN 11th
Morning Keynote Address & Technical Issues
Moderator: Robert Coffan
SUNDAY, JAN 12th
Technical Sessions
Moderator: Robert Coffan
4:30 - 6:00pm
Registration / Info Tables
No-Host Social - Light hors d’oeuvres and one drink provided
6:00 - 6:30pm
Welcome Intro / Weekend Agenda / Logistics (Robert Coffan)
6:30 - 7:30pm
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Chip Taylor, Founder, Monarch Watch,
Univ. of Kansas
Can the Predictive Monarch Population and Migration Modeling in the East help in the West?
7:30 - Evening Free
8:00 - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30am
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Robert M. Pyle, Founder, Xerces Society
Breaking Down the Wall: How Our Eastern and Western Monarchs Blend, and How We Found Out
9:30 - 10:00am
Understanding the Monarch Within the Context of a Declining Regional Fauna (Dr. Matt Forister, University of Reno)
10:00 - 10:15am
Break
10:15 - 10:45am
Western Monarch Population Viability Analysis
(Dr. Cheryl Schultz, Washington State University)
10:45 -11:15am
More than “Just Tagging” - Empowering a Motivated Cadre to Research Monarchs in the Southwest
(Gail Morris, Southwest Monarch Study Coordinator)
11:15 - 11:45am
Monarch Migration in the Pacific Northwest: What Have We Learned since 2012?
(Dr. David James, Washington State University)
11:45 - 12:00pm
Genetic Relationship Between Eastern and Western Monarchs
(Dr. Francis Villablanca, Cal Poly)
12:00 - 1:00pm
Lunch (provided)
Ongoing Info Tables
1:00 - 1:30pm
The Western Monarch Conservation Plan: 2019-2069
(Joel Trumbo, WAFWA)
1:30 - 3:30pm
Regional (State) Updates
(15 min each with additional 5 min Q&A)
CA - Connie Masotti
Overwintering in Pacific Grove
CA - Dr. Georgia Goldfarb
Non-overwintering and S CA
OR - Dr. Tom Landis
ID - Dr. Dusty Perkins
UT - Amanda Barth
NV - Julie Koop
3:30 - 3:45pm
Break
3:45 - 5:00pm
FIELD TRIP: Palo Corona Regional Park Restoration
FIELD TRIP: Pacific Grove Overwintering Site
WORKSHOP: How We Count Our Western Monarchs
(see Field Trip page)
Info Tables
EVENING FREE
7:30 - 9:00am
FIELD TRIP: Monarch Counting at Pacific Grove - (7:30 start)
Info Tables
Breakfast on your own
9:00 - 9:30am
Counts Make a Difference
(Mia Monroe, Coordinator, Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count)
9:30-10:00am
State of the Overwintering Sites and Connecting Conservation across California
(Dr. Angela Laws, Xerces Society
Monarch and Pollinator Ecologist)
10:00-10:30am
The Effect of imidacloprid on Monarch Butterfly Longevity: Are neonicotinoid insecticides a major factor in Monarch population decline?
(Dr. David James, Washington State University)
10:30-10:45am
Break and Informal Discussion
10:45-11:15am
Milkweed is Not Milkweed is Not Milkweed! The Functional Importance of Native Diversity
(Dr. Frances Villablanca, Cal Poly)
11:15-11:45am
Journey North and the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project: Continent-wide Citizen Science
(Dr. Karen Oberhauser, Director of UW-Madison Arboretum)
11:45-12:15pm
Multiple Pillars of Monarch Joint Venture - Habitat, Education, Science, Partnerships
(Katie-Lyn Bunney, Education Coordinator, Monarch Joint Venture)
12:15 -1:30pm
An Award/Lunchtime Wrap-up
Next Steps/Closing Remarks