Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration

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One of the most important things we learn from this journey is that Monarchs are not in any danger of extinction. I'm assuming she wants to motivate people to make a difference, not just shame people for things they have only indirect relationships to. What may have impacted 100 people had the potential to impact hundreds of thousands if written in a less hostile tone.

In Bicycling with Butterflies , Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. For this reason, monarchs tend to occupy the sunnier, south-facing slopes of the forest, and they form clusters under the forest canopy. She wants us to care about the monarchs, the plants, and the other living creatures, including the human ones, and to take better care of the world in which we all live.Additionally, she goes on political rants about topics that, in my opinion, are a complete tangent to the story.

People have long been fascinated by the monarch butterfly's migration across the North American continent. There were a few times when she was drawing parallels between her own experiences on the journey and social justice issues such as immigration and racism where I felt she could have expanded more rather than just throwing in a sentence or two - but I also appreciated the awareness of the challenges she didn't face because of citizenship and race. Dykman, founder of the adventure education program Beyond A Book, spent over nine months biking 10,201 miles with the monarchs, from Mexico to Canada and back again. Dykman begins her trek west of Mexico City in the state of Michoacan at the El Rosario Sanctuary, the largest and most popular of the sites in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. One of the most frequently asked questions of Dykman at her talks was whether her trip was unreasonably dangerous.An extraordinary story in which Dykman seamlessly weaves together science, a real love of nature and the adventure and hazards of biking with butterflies from Mexico to Canada and back. Monarchs, which have evolved to survive the dry season in Mexico, are finding the dry season no longer exists. People have long been fascinated by the monarch butterfly’s migration across the North American continent. She would then desperately attempt to relocate them if she saw a lawn mower approaching, as she did on many occasions. What we’re worried about is the rate of decline,” said Nick Haddad, a conservation biologist at Michigan State University.