My guest on this episode is Emily A. Geest, Ph.D. She is a conservation scientist at Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden who received her BLS/BA from University of Missouri St. Louis, her MS from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and her PhD from Oklahoma State University. She is a broadly trained ecologist with a research focus on understanding how human-driven land-use change and management decisions impact insect biodiversity, particularly butterflies.

Please learn more with this list of resources...

• OKC Living Classroom Grant Program, https://www.okczoo.org/okc-living-classroom-grant-program
• Release: OKC ZOO RESEARCHER SAYS CONTROLLED GRASSLAND BURNS VITAL TO BUTTERFLY POPULATIONS
• OKC Zoo Blog: BLOG UPDATE: OKC ZOO’S HEADSTART PROGRAM TO PROTECT RARE MILKWEED IN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO GROW
• Release: OKC ZOO CREATES HEADSTART PROGRAM TO PROTECT RARE MILKWEED POPULATIONS IN OKLAHOMA

 Video: Planting a Monarch Garden, https://youtu.be/AzxVLt-4nvQ?si=a3LrjaKkZfsO7Ml0

Video: Monarch Butterflies tagged at the OKC Zoo reach Mexico! https://youtu.be/ICqySYA0PF4?si=vUvZ_U1sHn0Y-waE

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Swainson's Warbler in Smithgall Woods, Georgia by Mathew G. Radford.
Kentucky Warbler in Bixhoma Woods, Oklahoma by Mathew G. Radford.
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Gray Vireo in Oak Flats, Arizona by Mathew G. Radford
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