Monarch Watch. 31 March 2. Author: Jim. Monarch Watch is seeking the immediate assistance of hundreds of monarch enthusiasts (citizen scientists) in collecting observations of monarchs in their area during the spring and fall.

This project is an attempt to assemble quantitative data on monarch numbers at critical times during the breeding season. The data from these observations will be used to assess their value in predicting trends in the population.

Update: A Frequently Asked Questions section has been added to the end of this article. BACKGROUNDWhy do we need a “monarch calendar” and your help recording monarch numbers? The decline in monarch numbers over the last 1. The data sets used for these analyses have had a variety of limitations which have either been ignored or underappreciated by the authors of a number of publications. The truth is that much of the data that is available is too general and does not adequately represent important aspects of the biology that underlies the development of the population each reproductive season. There are numerous gaps in our knowledge and some of these gaps can be addressed if we can convince a large number of monarch enthusiasts (citizen scientists) to record the number of monarchs they see each day and what the monarchs are doing, along with general information about the physical conditions associated with each observation. At the start of this project, we won’t ask participants to record behavior or physical conditions (temperatures and wind speed and direction) but a few observations and notes along those lines might be useful in targeting conditions most favorable for monarch activity.

The pivotal latitude is 3. N (e. g., Oklahoma City). If the observer is located at a latitude less than 3. N (i. e., “South”), we need the number of monarchs seen each day during the following two periods: 1.

Mar- 3. 0 Apr and 1 Aug- 2. Sep – 5. 2 days & 5. If the observer is located at a latitude greater than 3. N (i. e., “North”) the observation periods are 1 Apr- 2. Jun and 1. 5 Jul- 2.

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Aug – 8. 1 days & 3. The first period in the south covers the interval during which the overwintering monarchs arrive in Texas and Oklahoma and points to the east. We need to capture a better estimate of the number of monarchs in this region that arrive from Mexico each year. This starting number has not been captured effectively. The second interval in the south captures the arrival of pre- migration monarchs from the north as well as potential local reproduction during this time. In the north, the first interval will capture some of the returning monarchs early in that period but is more likely to chronicle the arrival of first generation monarchs migrating north to the summer breeding grounds. The second period in the north should capture the relative intensity of the reproductive activities of monarchs during the period in which most of the eggs are laid that become the adults that populate the migratory generation later in August and September.

To provide meaningful data, we need to recruit hundreds of volunteers to record what they see. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CITIZEN SCIENTISTSHere is what we need you, as citizen scientists, to do: 1.

Register as a participant in this project by providing your name, location (including latitude and longitude), and email address via the form atmonarchwatch. To determine your geographic coordinates, please use any of the following sites (or others) to enter your city, state/province, and zip/postal code and retrieve your latitude and longitude in decimal form (e. Lawrence, KS 6. 60.

Record every monarch seen in your location for specific periods depending on your latitude. To keep these records all one has to do is to list the number of monarchs seen each day in which seeing a monarch was a possibility.

If you were outdoors and saw none, record a zero (0). On the other hand, if there was no opportunity to make any observation due to work or vacation, etc., leave that date record blank. There will often be days when monarchs can’t be active due to weather conditions (e. These intervals, if long enough, can also impact population growth.

A “W” (for weather) should be entered for each of these days. We have provided some sample files below that you can use to log your observations but exactly how you do it is up to you. Here are some suggestions: spreadsheets (Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, etc.), printed calendar sheets (or just a calendar), calendar applications on your computer or phone, notebooks, notes or other text files on your computer or phone. Please feel free to use whatever is easiest and most comfortable for you to log your daily observations of monarch numbers.

Please note: The records for each time period should only reflect the numbers of monarchs seen on any specified day within 5. If you wish to report monarchs seen at a location other than your home location (specifically, at a different latitude) please use another datasheet as this should be submitted separately. Submit your data to us at the end of the observation period via an online form. We will provide a link to the submission form at a later date via the email address you give us when you register. The form will be very simple; all you will need to do is enter your name and location (including coordinates as you do when you register) then you will be presented with the appropriate time period form to enter your data for each day. We will assemble the calendar records for each period and region then provide summaries online once we have a chance to analyze the data.

Please register for this project and start logging your observations today! Thank you in advance for your assistance – if you have any questions or comments about this project, please contact us at monarch@ku. SAMPLE FILES (for logging observations)Spreadsheets (Excel format; can be imported into other applications)2. Blank Calendar Sheets (to print)2. Apr 2. 01. 7)2. 01. Apr- Jun 2. 01. 7)2. Aug- Sep 2. 01. 7)2.

Jul- Aug 2. 01. 7)You can also create custom calendars via www. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSPreamble.

We’ve received a number of questions about our Monarch Calendar Project. We’ve tried to summarize these questions and, through the answers, clarify how we’d like you to record the data.

We need a better way of predicting the fall migration and the size of the overwintering population. This project is an attempt to capture three aspects of the seasonal dynamics of the monarch population that will help us understand how the population develops through the breeding season. Specifically, we are trying to obtain data (with your help) that will provide information on the relative numbers of monarchs seen after first sightings in most areas of the country. In addition, we are seeking data on the number of monarchs seen during the last egg laying periods in the north and south. Lastly, records of the weather- related events, as indicated by the Ws on the data sheets, may indicate times and regions during which weather had a negative impact on the population.

Thanks for your willingness to participate in this project. We appreciate your help. As you can see, from the scope of the project, the only way to obtain these data is through the cooperation and commitment of a large number of citizen scientists such as yourself. Again, we appreciate your help and we are looking forward to receiving your data. Questions and Answers.

When should I start my calendar? The idea is to keep the record keeping as simple and as accurate as possible. Here are some suggestions: • Start with your first sighting• Start when you find the first eggs• Start when monarchs and/or eggs have been sighted in your area• Start only when sightings are reasonable given your latitude. How do I make counts? Suppose I see a monarch six times in my garden during a day do I count that as six butterflies or one?

The rule here has to be to use common sense and be conservative.

California’s Irwindale Speedway Will Close To Become A Shopping Mall In January (Updated)If things go to plan, Irwindale Speedway won’t be around long enough to see its 2. Watch Broken Flowers Online (2017) here. Like too many other tracks in California, the speedway will become the state’s newest 7. Jan. 3. 1, 2. 01.

Employees at Irwindale weren’t expecting it to happen so soon. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that a development company bought the track in 2. The track’s website still calls it a “brand- new, state- of- the- art, motorsports [and] entertainment event facility,” and the Tribune reports that the developer said it would allow racing to continue there until construction began on newer and more state- of- the- art mall. While it might not be as brand new as its website makes it out to be, Irwindale is a fairly young track.

The Tribune reports that it came around in 1. Irwindale, California area, which the Tribune says has had five different racing facilities. Things didn’t start out well at Irwindale, with the Los Angeles Times reporting that the first fatal wreck at the speedway happened opening day on March 2. Casey Diemert, 2. A later LA Times column, which will quickly turn your day somber, claimed that Diemert’s death wasn’t announced when all the fans arrived a few hours later.

Most read about it in the paper the next day, the column said, and the director of communication at the track reportedly told the LA Times there was “no need to say anything that night” because the crash happened before the crowd came. Three more drivers died between then and June of 2. LA Times reported. The track currently has a banked half- mile oval and a one- third- mile oval in use, according to its website. It also has parking for more than 3,0. In its track- info section on the website, the part explaining the reasoning behind Irwindale’s existence is particularly sad: In the past ten years motorsports has enjoyed phenomenal success and growth across the country .. While, at the same time, the Los Angeles area lost its last 1/2- Mile oval short track in 1.

Irwindale Event Center is committed to bringing all the action, color, and excitement of close- up, paved oval racing back to Southern California. It did do that, for a few years. Local racing, major drifting events and NASCAR’s feeder K& N Pro Series West series all raced out there. The K& N Pro Series ran a doubleheader at Irwindale in March of this year. Irwindale Speedway’s operator, Irwindale Speedway LLC, filed for bankruptcy in 2.

Motor Authority reported at the time that track owner Nu- Way Industries was on a search for a new operator for the track, and decided on Team 2. Entertainment at the end of 2. The company doesn’t have much of an online presence, but its records in California say that it does event management and officially registered as a company in May of 2. Curbed reported a few years ago that a developer bought the track at the end of Team 2. October of 2. 01.

The developer, Lindom Company, announced that it planned to pave over the 6. Lindom said racing would continue through December of 2. Racing continued for a lot longer than that, if there are any positives to take away from the news that another race track will soon become a huge mall. Even still, the announcement was so unexpected that Team 2. Here’s what Team 2. CEO Jim Cohan said in an emailed statement, via the Tribune: “In all honesty, we were here and in it for the long haul.

In fact, we were in the process of putting out our complete schedule for the 2. Cohan said in the statement. All that made this news very difficult for me to hear, and very hard on our whole team.”But it won’t be hard on the shoppers, or the bulldozers coming in to uproot the entire thing. Irwindale will be nothing more than a memory, slowly fading as each new generation files into the stores for another year of the latest fashion trends.

What a sad, unfortunate way to go. Update, Aug. 1. 1 at 8: 4.

ET: Irwindale’s Vice President of Communications, Doug Stokes, responded to Jalopnik with some comments about what a great run it had. He also included the lovely photo you see underneath his comments with the email. What a cool dude. Yeah, the other shoe, after 5 years, has dropped, and we’ve been given a firm (0. I’ve been told that the Outlet Mall plan has been scotched; but really don’t know what the “official” plans are for the property … an easy (and in my case uneducated) guess is something of an industrial nature. We had a hell of a good run here, the fans loved the place, a number of drivers got famous here, and Jason Torchinsky had naughty words on his race car that scared me for life …In all seriousness (which I can only maintain on a momentary basis) the team here did their best to put on a great show every time that we opened the front gates.

Working under one of Damocles’ sabers was never a easy nor healthful deal anywhere anytime … having to constantly indicate that we were still here and operating was tiring. Expecting this news was always out there in the fog just beyond the property line. Here’s what he said his next adventures are, after Irwindale: Why Penske did not buy Saturn (at a fire sale price) is beyond me … Spring Hill would have made a great condo complex. Me? I’m going to take up spelunking (I’m starting small with the crawl space under my house, but have full expectations of Jalopnik carrying some of my personal tales of adventure as I progress to deeper and darker places). And here’s the photo.