Links

Monarch Butterflies Biology, Ecology and Migration

• Monarch Butterflies – general information about Monarch butterflies and their annual migration: http://monarchwatch.org
• Monarch butterfly ecology – details about the biology and ecology: http://www.ecology.info/monarch-butterfly.htm
• Monarch Larva Monitoring Project – information collected by citizens to explain the distribution and abundance patterns of monarch butterflies in North America: http://www.mlmp.org
• Journey North, a website with current information and maps for a number of migratory species including Monarch butterflies: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/index.html
• Monarchs in the Classroom - provides a variety of materials and professional development opportunities for teachers throughout the US: http://www.monarchlab.umn.edu
  

Monarch Butterfly Conservation

• Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation – an organization dedicated to preserving the oyamel fir trees that provide the overwintering habitat for Monarch butterflies: http://www.mbsf.org
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (World Wildlife Fund Mexico): http://www.wwf.org.mx/monarca/index.php
• Foro Regional Mariposa Monarca – a regional Monarch conservation planning effort in Mexico (in Spanish): http://www.foromonarca.net

General Conservation

• Alternare - a model alternative development project (in Spanish): www.alternare.org
  • Interview with Guadalupe Del R ío Pesado, President of Alternare: http://www.eco-index.org/new/stories/2004/april.cfm
  • PBS story about Alternare: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/globaltribe/countries/mex_conservation.htm

Cultural

• Frommer’s - travel guide to Mexico: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/mexico
• Teotihuacan, The City of the Gods – general information: http://archaeology.asu.edu/teo
• Teotihuacan, National Geographic Pyramids of Death: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature5/index.html
• Tourist map of Metepec: http://www.metepec.gob.mx/turismo/mapa.html