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January 31, 2023
The Western population of the migratory monarch butterfly has seen a slight increase due to collaborative conservation efforts, but extreme weather events and the continued impacts of the climate crisis continue to threaten this iconic species.
July 21, 2022
The International Union of Conservation of Nature’s addition of the migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) to the Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM is further validation that this imperiled species is in desperate need of protection and recovery.
May 31, 2022
Plant native milkweed and native nectar plants that will support monarch caterpillars and monarch adults.
May 31, 2022
An increase compared to the previous winter.
January 25, 2022
After years of sharp declines, the western monarch butterfly population is seeing a surprising and welcomed rebound in the western United States.
June 28, 2021
The Department of the Interior’s $1 million grant to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund and creation of the Pollinator Conservation Center will amplify the conservation efforts to address and reverse the recent decline of pollinators, including monarch butterflies.