Join the friends of the DuPage Monarch Project for a virtual program on February 28 at 7:00 pm. This will feature a one-hour presentation from naturalist Emily Stone. Emily traveled to Michoacán, Mexico, in December 2022 to visit the sanctuaries where monarch butterflies overwinter. The temperate fir forests that cradle the butterflies sit atop high peaks of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. In a delicate balance between staying cool enough to conserve fat stores and warm enough not to freeze, the monarchs seek out a variety of microhabitats even as the climate changes around them. The tangle of relationships will astound you. Sign up here for Zoom link.
Emily is an award-winning writer who pens a Natural
Connections column for more than 15 local newspapers. She has compiled the best
of those articles into two Natural Connections books. The second of those books
Natural Connections 2: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, won second place in the
Outdoor Writers Association of America 2020 Excellence in Craft Contest.
Emily loves to cross country ski, mountain bike, garden, and
paddle (especially in the Boundary Waters).
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