Western Monarch and Milkweed Mapper - a great tool for all citizen scientists

I'd encourage everyone to visit the Western Monarch and Milkweed Mapper to log your monarch and milkweed sightings.  The website is maintained by the Xerces Society, and the data contained withing it has been the primary source of data for our habitat mapping effort.

https://www.monarchmilkweedmapper.org
https://www.monarchmilkweedmapper.org/habitatsuitabilitymodels/

This morning I had the opportunity to join my daughter's second grade field trip to Betsy Donnelly Park where we spotted 3 narrowleaf milkweeds and 1 showy milkweed.  I logged them on the mapper.

There will probably be a huge rush of data as the professional scientists post their findings this fall, but it is really exciting and interesting to see monarch sightings in real time, so I'd encourage all of you citizen scientists and monarch lovers to post throughout the season.