Publications, Organizations, Websites, and Sources of Milkweed

Publications Available from the Xerces Society
The Monarch Habitat Handbook: A California Landowner's Guide to Managing Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Habitat written by Lincoln Brower, Mia Munroe and Katrin Snow for the Xerces Society.

We are working to secure funding to update our detailed Conservation and Management Guidelines for Preserving the Monarch Butterfly Migration and Monarch Overwintering Habitat in California, originally published in 1993.

 

Organizations Working in California
Friends of the Monarchs, Pacific Grove, California
Friend of the Monarchs works to protect and preserve the Monarch Butterfly and its habitat by increasing public awareness and community involvement in restoration and preservation of their habitats in and around Pacific Grove and throughout the world.
Address: P.O. Box 51683, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Telephone: 1-888-PGMONARCHS
http://www.pgmonarchs.org/

Roots & Shoots Project of the Loma Vista 4-H Club, Ventura, California.
Their activities include Monarch tagging at Ellwood Grove, educating the public about Monarchs and milkweed at local events, and putting on the Ventura Monarch Festival. The Festival is planned for Saturday, January 15, 2005 at Camino Real Park in Ventura, 11:30 to 3pm. New members are welcome who want to join our 4-H Club and who are in 5th grade or above. http://www.lomavista4h.org.

 

Websites on Monarchs
Monarch Watch
A cooperative network of students, teachers, volunteers and researchers dedicated to the study of the Monarch Butterfly.
http://www.monarchwatch.org/

Journey North
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

San Francisco State University Department of Geography
The Biogeography of the Monarch Butterfly:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/Monarch/monarch.htm

Information and activities for kids
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

 

Sources of Milkweed Seed
Douglas-Michel Butterfly Plants sells pesticide-free milkweed and selected nectar plants to Central California coast gardeners, and provides expert advice on planting and care. During the migration cycle, monarchs also stop at this 3.5 acre site on their way to overwintering sites. This nursery is located 4 miles west of Aromas, California in Monterey County. For more information go to: http://www.butterflyplants.com.