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Help Track Fall's Journey South Fall 2001 "Journey South News" Calendar Special Fall Feature Journey South With Endangered Whooping Cranes Led by Ultralite! Photo: Operation Migration Symbolic Monarch Migration The 5th Annual Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration is underway! Students across the U.S. and Canada are sending symbolic butterflies to Mexico for the winter. Mexican students will watch over them --and return them next spring as the real monarchs journey north. International Plant Study It's time to dig in! Plant a Journey North Tulip Garden so you can proclaim the official arrival of spring in your community. Students across the Northern Hemisphere will follow the wave of Spring, 2002. Track the Monarch Migration to Mexico! The migration begins in August in northern regions and by early November the first butterflies arrive in Mexico. Report your sightings of southbound monarchs and help track their journey south. Phenology Data Exchange Collect clues about seasonal changes in your part of the world. Then link up with a partner. Using nature's clues, can you find your partner? Unpave the Way for Wildlife Put your habitat site on the map! Help ensure that the annual migrations to and through your region continue. Create your own refuge--on the breeding grounds, wintering grounds, or anywhere along the migration trail--and unpave the way for wildlife.