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On this transatlantic trip we may experience some unexpected turbulence😁😂🍺
We’re in the heart of the monsta!
The Rabbit and I will be live-streaming in Gloucestershire with Adventureman tomorrow
Day: March 1, 2020
SAFE GUARDING THE BUTTERFLIES: FILM INTERVIEW WITH JOEL MORENO ROJAS AND ELLEN SHARP FOUNDERS OF THE BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR PEOPLE PROJECT
In March I had the tremendous joy of interviewing Ellen Sharp and Joel Moreno Rojas, founders of the nonprofit organization “The Butterflies and Their People Project.” We filmed the interview from the rooftop of their hotel, JM Butterfly B&B, which is located at the base of Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterfly Reserve in Macheros, Mexico. Cerro Pelon is the old volcanic mountain where the Monarchs wintering home was first located by Mexican citizen scientist Catalina Aguado Trail, on January 2, 1975. Trail was at the time working under the direction of zoologist Doctor Fred Urquhart of the University of Toronto.
Joel and Ellen are simply an amazing dynamic duo. They have built a beautiful and welcoming bed and breakfast at Cerro Pelon, the most pristine and least trafficked of Monarch sanctuaries. Largely through the conservation efforts of The Butterflies and Their People Project they have helped provide economic opportunities that have in turn dramatically reduced illegal logging and deforestation of the core protected areas of the forest.
The mission of The Butterflies and Their People Project is to “preserve the butterfly sanctuary by creating jobs for local people in forest and monarch butterfly conservation. The Butterflies & Their People Project is an Asociación Civil (non-profit organization) registered and located in the village of Macheros in the State of Mexico.”
I hope you’ll watch and will be equally as enamored of Joel and Ellen as were we. You’ll learn more about how The Butterflies and Their People Project came to be, the importance of protecting the existing Monarch Butterfly forest sanctuaries, and how jobs and economic growth go hand and hand with protecting the vitally important temperate forests of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. And a bit about how this extraordinary couple met and began their journey in Monarch conservation.
To learn more about The Butterflies and Their People Project visit their website.
To donate to The Butterflies and Their People Go Fund Me fundraiser click here.
To learn more about and make a reservation at JM Butterfly B and B click here.
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I have anxiety watching this…
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Never tire of this view
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A very important duty
PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020. If you do not vote, please do not complain. If you are not sure where to vote please go to your city or town’s web page.
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Scenes from Once Upon A Contest reception at Rockport Public Library
Here are a few photographs from the start of the Once Upon a Contest reception at Rockport Public Library on February 29, 2020.
Today is the Last day of the exhibit! You can still catch the show at Rockport Public Library–it’s open till 5pm.
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I Present To You The Saddest Picture Of 2020…
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@FishermenGHS: Congrats to our NEC Postseason honorees. 2x 1st Team All-Conference Marcus Montagnino. NEC All Stars JR Ella Marshall and Sophomores Zach Oliver & Byron Thomas
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@FishermenGHS: Congratulations to the Cheer Squad for their 2nd Place finish at the Wildcat Invitational today! They have now qualified for Regionals!! Great job ladies!
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Franklin Park Zoo
I took myself to the Franklin Park Zoo recently because I hadn’t been there and I was in a mood to see the animals. I know there are differing opinions about the benefit (or detriment) of zoos and I understand these viewpoints, but I just love zoos. I like watching the animals and the other visitors’ reactions. And I like taking their pictures. The Franklin Park Zoo is reasonably priced ( my senior ticket was about $17) and parking is free (though I had a bit of a hard time finding the parking). It’s small-ish and easily done in a day, including travel. Maybe you’ll give it a try too. Stone Zoo next on my list! And, now that March has arrived, will it be coming in like these lions?
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The Golf Course Home Guide
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