Symbolic Migration
Symbolic Migration Update: March 21, 2008

Today's Report Includes:
News: Spring is Here! Symbolic Monarchs Heading North

The real monarch butterflies are migrating north from Mexico right now, and your Symbolic Monarchs are coming back too. All 70,000+ symbolic butterflies are heading to Minnesota where we'll prepare them for the final leg of their journey. It takes us six weeks to prepare the packets. We mail them all out together so everybody receives them no later than our deadline. Please mark your calendar:

Symbolic Monarch Homecoming
May 5, 2008

  • Also Coming in May: Symbolic Migration Map
    Watch for instructions about the Symbolic Migration map. You will report whose butterflies you received — and may find out where your own butterflies landed!

Photo Galleries: The Winter in Mexico
School Pictures >> Visiting a School >>
School pictures
Visiting a school

Who cared for your Symbolic Monarchs this winter? Kids who live near the monarch's winter sanctuaries in Mexico. Here are pictures of some of the classrooms. Maybe you'll find your own symbolic monarch pictured here with the children who cared for it this winter. >>
This tiny school is only a mile from the Sierra Chincua sanctuary. Monarch butterflies fly over the playground during the day as they come and go from the sanctuary. Students made a symbolic sanctuary with the Symbolic Monarchs they received. Do you see the butterflies hanging in the shape of a tree? >>
Going Home with Frida >> At the Sanctuary >>

Going home with Frida

 At the Sanctuary

Frida is a student at Pedro Ascencio school. She took her symbolic butterfly home to show her mom this winter, and a film crew went with her. Enjoy the pictures—and find out whose butterfly Frida has! >>

This year, some symbolic monarchs spent the winter at the actual monarch butterfly sanctuaries in an exhibit. Children who visited 'tagged' the monarchs and wrote a message. >>
Conservation News: How Kids Are Helping Monarchs in Mexico

As part of the Symbolic Migration, hundreds of children and teachers contributed funds last fall for monarch conservation in Mexico. Find out how your donations helped scientists collect the strongest evidence yet that the monarch forest in Mexico needs stronger protection.

The Next Symbolic Migration Update Will be Posted on May 5, 2008

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