Monarch Butterfly Conservation in a Changing World
Saturday, May 24th
Reception: 6:00pm, hearty appetizers and wine
Program: 7:00pm
Location: Madeline Island School of Arts
Cost: $35.00/person
RSVP Deadline: Friday, May 16th, or 100-person limit.
Snapshot from Youtube video: Karen Oberhauser on the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
Professor Karen S. Oberhauser, Director (retired) UW-Madison Arboretum and her students have conducted research on Monarch Butterfly ecology for almost 40 years. She is passionate about the conservation of the world’s biodiversity and building connections between humans and the natural world.
Karen Oberhauser
Karen S. Oberhauser, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Retired director, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.
Monarch researcher and co-leader of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.
Education:
PhD Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota, 1989
M.S. Natural Science Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981
B.S. Biology, Harvard University, 1979
Affiliations:
Director, UW-Madison Arboretum, Retired.
Founder and Director, Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.
Board of Advisors, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
Treasurer, Monarch Butterfly Fund.
Karen Oberhauser recently retired as the Director of the UW-Madison Arboretum. Before coming to Madison, she and her students at the University of Minnesota conducted research on several aspects of monarch butterfly ecology, and she is now getting back into spending more time focused on monarch conservation and citizen science. Her strong interest in promoting a citizenry with a high degree of scientific and environmental literacy led to the development of a science education program that involved courses for teachers, and opportunities for youth to engage in research and share their findings with broad audiences. In 1996, she and graduate student Michelle Prysby started a nationwide Citizen Science project called the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, which continues to engage hundreds of volunteers throughout North America. Karen has authored over 90 papers on her research on monarchs, insect conservation, and citizen science
