Bicycling with butterflies : my 10,201-mile journey following the monarch migration

Bicycling with butterflies My 10,201-mile journey following the monarch migration

Sara Dykman

Book - 2021

"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongƯside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We're beside her as she navƯigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchilƯdren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also... meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchƯers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers. With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration--and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all."--

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Subjects
Monarch butterfly > Migration.
Butterflies > Behavior.
Bicycle touring.
International travel.
Published
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Sara Dykman (author)
Physical Description
280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781643260457
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Review by Booklist Review

Nature researcher and educator Dykman had been bicycle touring for over a decade when she hatched her most ambitious plan: to ride over 10,000 miles across North America, following the annual migration of the monarch butterfly. She packs up her bike and embarks upon the months-long journey. She begins, with the monarchs, in Mexico, and rides north through Texas, the Midwest, and Minnesota, then veers east at Lake Superior and treks all the way to New York City, before circling south and back through the Midwest, through Texas and back into Mexico. Dykman both camps and stays in the homes of generous strangers and friends, all while visiting schools and teaching young people the critical, humbling value of protecting wildlife. The book is just as much a poetic travelogue as it is informative about monarch butterflies. Dykman's research keenly supplements her experiences on the road. Dykman is enchanted by the monarchs' resilience and infuriated by humans' indifference to nature's warnings. The book may be one singular bicyclist's word, but represents a collective cry for climate action.

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