Contributions of Citizen Scientists and Habitat Volunteers to Monarch Butterfly Conservation

Lewandowski, Eva; Oberhauser, Karen S.

doi:10.1080/10871209.2017.1250293

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“…Females as a demographic group also more often mentioned raising butter ies, planting milkweed, and the need for action, consistent with this theory. Lewandowski and Oberhauser (2017) found that monarch waystation volunteers planned to donate at the same or higher levels afterwards, further indicating that altruistic conservation actions and donations are related. The identi cation of needs and the provision of rst-hand support for the species may be more appealing for those with caregiving motivations and may remain unful lled by other forms of altruism, such as nancial donations toward land conservation.…”

Section: The Role Of Personal Connectionmentioning

confidence: 93%

A Case Study of a Conservation Flagship Species: The Monarch Butterfly

Preston

Liao

Toombs

et al. 2021

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What makes a flagship species effective in engaging conservation donors? Large, charismatic mammals are typically selected as ambassadors, but a few studies suggest butterflies – and monarchs in particular – may be even more appealing. To gather more information about people’s responses to monarchs, we conducted an empirical study of member submissions to a successful conservation campaign, the Monarch Story Campaign, conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The set of 691 stories along with their associated demographic and donation data was analyzed in a mixed-methods study using qualitative analysis and tests of association. The results showed that people often described encounters with monarchs in childhood and as adults. They expressed strong, positive emotions, and lauded the monarch’s beauty and other “awe-inspiring” qualities and expressed wonder at their lifecycle (i.e., metamorphosis and migration). They also raised conservation themes of distress at monarch loss, calls for action, and caretaking, such as being “fragile” and “in need.” Sharing personal encounters was associated with current efforts to save the species and more financial donations in the past, while a second pattern tied more donations to awe at the monarch’s mass migration. These results imply that conservation campaigns built around species people encounter may build lifelong awareness, concern, and actions towards conservation.

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Section: The Role Of Personal Connectionmentioning

confidence: 93%

A Case Study of a Conservation Flagship Species: The Monarch Butterfly

Preston

Liao

Toombs

et al. 2021

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“…Females as a demographic group also more often mentioned raising butterflies, planting milkweed, and the need for action, consistent with this theory. Lewandowski and Oberhauser (2017) found that monarch waystation volunteers planned to donate at the same or higher levels afterwards, further indicating that altruistic conservation actions and donations are related. The identification of needs and the provision of first-hand support for the species may be more appealing for those with caregiving motivations and may remain unfulfilled by other forms of altruism, such as financial donations toward land conservation.…”

Section: The Role Of Personal Connectionmentioning

confidence: 93%

A case study of a conservation flagship species: the monarch butterfly

et al. 2021

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What makes a flagship species effective in engaging conservation donors? Large, charismatic mammals are typically selected as ambassadors, but a few studies suggest butterflies—and monarchs in particular—may be even more appealing. To gather more information about people’s responses to monarchs, we conducted an empirical study of member submissions to a successful conservation campaign, the Monarch Story Campaign, conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The set of 691 stories along with their associated demographic and donation data was analyzed in a mixed-methods study using qualitative analysis and tests of association. The results showed that people often described encounters with monarchs in childhood and as adults. They expressed strong, positive emotions, and lauded the monarch’s beauty and other “awe-inspiring” qualities and expressed wonder at their lifecycle (i.e., metamorphosis and migration). They also raised conservation themes of distress at monarch loss, calls for action, and caretaking, such as being “fragile” and “in need.” Sharing personal encounters was associated with current efforts to save the species and more past financial donations, while a second pattern tied more donations to awe at the monarch’s mass migration. These results imply that conservation campaigns built around species people encounter may build lifelong awareness, concern, and actions towards conservation.

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“…There is growing acknowledgement that community science approaches are increasingly well suited for twenty-first century environmental change research, which often requires data and monitoring over large spatial and temporal scales (Danielsen, Burgess, and Balmford 2005;Johnson et al 2014;McKinley et al 2017;Silvertown 2009). Public participation in science activities builds scientific literacy (e.g., Bäckstrand 2003;Bonney et al 2009;Danielsen, Burgess, and Balmford 2005;Lewandowski and Oberhauser 2017), helps communities to prepare for and respond to emerging environmental and social challenges (Bonney et al 2009), and augments attitudes and behaviors regarding environmental science and stewardship overall (Bonney et al 2009;Ferkany and Whyte 2012). Broad participation from stakeholders and public audiences has long been acknowledged as an integral component of contemporary resource management strategies (NRC 1999 a, b).…”

Section: Community Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Community Science for Coastal Acidification Monitoring and Research

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Ocean and coastal acidification (OCA) present a unique set of sustainability challenges at the human-ecological interface. Extensive biogeochemical monitoring that can assess local acidification conditions, distinguish multiple drivers of changing carbonate chemistry, and ultimately inform local and regional response strategies is necessary for successful adaptation to OCA. However, the sampling frequency and cost-prohibitive scientific equipment needed to monitor OCA are barriers to implementing the widespread monitoring of dynamic coastal conditions. Here, we demonstrate through a case study that existing community-based water monitoring initiatives can help address these challenges and contribute to OCA science. We document how iterative, sequential outreach, workshop-based training, and coordinated monitoring activities through the Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (a) assessed the capacity of northeastern United States community science programs and (b) engaged community science programs productively with OCA monitoring efforts. Our results (along with the companion manuscript) indicate that community science programs are capable of collecting robust scientific information pertinent to OCA and are positioned to monitor in locations that would critically expand the coverage of current OCA research. Furthermore, engaging community stakeholders in OCA science and outreach enabled a platform for dialogue about OCA among other interrelated environmental concerns and fostered a series of co-benefits relating to public participation in resource and risk management. Activities in support of community science

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Contributions of Citizen Scientists and Habitat Volunteers to Monarch Butterfly Conservation

Cited by 23 publications

References 28 publications

A Case Study of a Conservation Flagship Species: The Monarch Butterfly

A Case Study of a Conservation Flagship Species: The Monarch Butterfly

A case study of a conservation flagship species: the monarch butterfly

Community Science for Coastal Acidification Monitoring and Research

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