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Albany Hill monarchs tagged in small pilot; staff urge public to try Project Monarch app
Summary
Natural areas staff described a small pilot tagging five monarchs on Albany Hill using lightweight Bluetooth/radio tags to study overwintering and movement; partners include California Fish and Wildlife, State Parks, the Xerces Society and Point Blue; larger tagging planned in November.
Marggo Cunningham, Albany’s natural areas manager, briefed the commission on a monarch butterfly-tagging pilot done on Albany Hill in partnership with California Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and Point Blue Conservation Science.
"By tracking the monarch butterfly population, we can use that…
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