michael mulladyCal Poly hosted a conference on “Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly – Population Dynamics and Migration on Dec. 8-9. More than 100 researchers and monarch butterfly afficionados came to the conference to join students and faculty in an event that was sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Science and Mathematics. The conference was financed by the biological sciences department and in part by a generous donation from Helen I. Johnson of Salinas. In Cal Poly’s first year hosting the event, each speaker is individually dedicated to monarch butterfly conservation efforts.