April 1, 2006 Dear Students and Teachers, Greetings from your friends at Journey North! Thank you for taking care of the monarch butterflies this winter. We're glad you'll be tracking their migration north with us this spring. The monarchs are on the move! Thousands of people in the United States and Canada are watching and waiting for the butterflies to arrive. According to their reports this is what we know: The first butterflies arrived at least two weeks early this spring. They were already in Arkansas on March 10th! Then the weather turned cold and the migration stalled for two full weeks. On the final days of March, warm weather returned and strong south winds sent the butterflies northward quickly. Right now, the first monarchs are already entering Kansas. Aquí están los datos para su mapa de migración: Date Town State Lat (n) Long (w) 03/09/06 Saltillo                     Coahuila 25.42 -101.00 03/10/06 Monticello                    Arkansas 33.58 -91.79 03/10/06 San Antonio Texas 29.47 -98.53 03/11/06 Austin                        Texas 30.23 -97.71 03/12/06 Monterrey                     Nuevo Leon 25.67 -100.32 03/16/06 San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato 20.92 -100.75 03/17/06 Cypress                          Texas 30.00 -95.68 03/17/06 Hammond                          Louisiana 30.53 -90.50 03/18/06 Biloxi                           Mississippi 30.40 -88.89 03/19/06 Marietta                         Georgia 33.93 -84.46 03/20/06 Fort Worth Texas 32.76 -97.33 03/30/06 Kingfisher               Oklahoma 35.91 -98.02 03/30/06 Jackson                  Mississippi 32.29 -90.18 04/01/06 North Little Rock Arkansas 34.86 -92.40 04/03/06 Goddard Kansas 37.64 -97.54 Please save these important dates for Monarch Migration Updates in Spring 2006. We will send monthly updates on: April 1 May 1 June 1 and a final update in late June when the monarchs have reached Canada Saludos! The Next Monarch Migration Update Will be Sent on May 1, 2006. Copyright 1997- 2006 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form.