In 1986, the Cerro Pelon Sanctuary became part of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a federal agency. Despite this change, the State of Mexico-employed rangers continued their patrols, and when the first generation of rangers retired in 2014, their sons took over their jobs, including Mr. Pato Moreno. Apart from his job as a CEPANAF forest ranger, Mr.
Published: 03/03/2021
Dear Butterfly People,
Butterflies & Their People forest guardian Emilio Velázquez Moreno in El Llano de Tres Gobernadores, Cerro Pelon in February 2020. Photo by Patricio Moreno Rojas.
Letters From The Field Contributor, Ellen Sharp, introduces Mr. Pato Moreno this week.
By Letters From the Field Contributor, Pato Moreno, March 02, 2021
[translation: Ellen Sharp]
Is spring migration underway? Estela Romero and Ellen Sharp provide updates from monarch sanctuaries in Mexico.
