Monarch ButterflyField Notes

The hub of activity takes place in Minnesota, and the team is spread out around the state.

West of the Twin Cities near Lake Minnetonka, in a community of old summer cottages, Beth Allen makes maple syrup as she prepares for the the Symbolic Butterfly Migration from Mexico. She'll send the butterflies on the final leg of their journey to students across the US and Canada. If you write to jn-help, she'll answer your every need.

From the edges of an oak savannah and the shores of a still-frozen pond, Julie Brophy keeps watch for new spring arrivals. She writes the latest Mystery Class, Manatee Phenology and Ask the Expert Updates--and watches for your new arrivals in the registrations too.

Jane Duden welcomes spring from her home office--just a hop, skip and jump from the Mississippi River--as she spreads the news about Robins, Hummingbirds, Signs of Spring and Whooping Cranes on their journeys north.

Way up north in Duluth, Minnesota, near the shores of Lake Superior, Laura Erickson is on watch. Her ornithological expertise spans across the Journey North site, hardly a species escapes her expert eye.

Joel Halvorson is Journey North's greatest cheerleader. He's served the project as technical and content advisor since 1994, so our introduction wouldn't be complete without him.

Mary Hosier contemplates spring from her desk overlooking the woods of Bald Eagle Lake while writing about Bald Eagles migrating and Tulips growing around the globe.


Cindy

Nearby, Cindy Schmid and Deb Lauer share the job of gathering migration sightings from across the land. They may contact you someday to verify an unusual or remarkable sighting!