Monarch-watch-update - Monarch Population Status - by Chip Taylor ---------------------------------------------------------------- Will the population increase again this year? Last season the population increased from 2.48 hectares to 6.05 (see the January 30th announcement at https://monarchwatch.org/blog). If the monarchs wintered well, that is with a normal rate of mortality and morbidity, that should result in a relatively large (compared to recent years) returning popul