Tam Tuesdays Speaker Series

“LET’S WELCOME MONARCHS TO TAM VALLEY” with Mia Monroe

Join us to hear from retired NPS Ranger Mia Monroe and learn the bigger challenges monarch butterflies are facing in North America, their success stories right here in Tam Valley and tips for each of us to make this a safer, welcoming world again!  Your homework:  find a place in your garden for them and be ready to be both a gardener and community scientist!

MIA MONROE – A Tam Valley resident, Mia is a Xerces Society volunteer and has been monitoring the monarch butterfly overwintering population at coastal sites along California for decades.  She helped start the Marin Monarch Working Group, volunteers for OneTam and returns to the roots of her ranger career as a National Park volunteer often!  Her bumpersticker says, “I Brake for Monarchs”….