SPEAKER PRESENTATION – Saving Western Monarchs – November 7, 2026

DATE:  Saturday, November 7, 2026

TIME:  2:30 – 3:20 PM

LOCATION:  Crete Hall, Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, CA

Saving Western Monarchs

Join Angela Laws, Endangered Species Conservation Biologist with The Xerces Society, to learn more about protecting the western monarch butterfly in California.  Topics include basic monarch biology and the status of western monarchs, with information from monarch overwintering counts.   Angela will also share what Xerces is doing with partners around the state to create and protect monarch habitat in their overwintering and breeding grounds, and how you can help.

Angela Laws works on habitat restoration for pollinators and monarch butterflies in the Central Valley.  Her role at The Xerces Society also involves incorporating climate resiliency into pollinator restoration projects.  Angela has over 25 years of experience studying arthropods in grassland habitats, including studies of how climate change can affect species interactions.  She received a M.S. in Ecology from Utah State University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Notre Dame.

THIS IS A FREE PRESENTATION