<div dir="ltr"><span class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I am a conservation associate with the Xerces Society, currently working on western monarch conservation. Western monarchs are in decline, and I am in the process of mapping major milkweed stands and collecting monarch observations throughout the west in order to identify important breeding sites and prioritize areas for conservation.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">To do this, I am collecting information from the literature, various herbaria, and knowledgeable individuals. Xerces has developed a short web-based survey for anyone who knows about milkweed stands or active breeding habitat. If any of you know of any locations, can you please fill out the survey? <u></u></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">A link to the survey, with more information, is available here: <a href="http://www.xerces.org/milkweedsurvey/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.xerces.org/milkweedsurvey/</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Thanks so much!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Candace<u></u><u></u></p><div class="" align="center" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b>Candace Fallon<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
Endangered Species Conservation Associate<u></u><u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<b>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">628 NE Broadway Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232, USA<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><a href="mailto:candace@xerces.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">candace@xerces.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
Tel: (503) 232-6639 ext. 118<u></u><u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Toll free: 1-855-232-6639 ext. 118<u></u><u></u></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
Fax: (503) 233-6794</p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p></span><div>
<div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br><div>National Collection Curator</div><div>Seeds of Success</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/sos" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/sos</a></div>
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