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Western Monarchs
Despite a Lower Peak Season, Western Monarchs Start Spring in Higher Numbers than 2023
14. March 2024
Western Monarch Count Tallies 233,394 Butterflies
30. January 2024
Top 5 Ways Californians Can Help Western Monarchs
8. November 2023
The Monarch Whisperer: Mia Monroe's Data-Driven Devotion
2. November 2023
Growing the Supply of Hard-to-Find Milkweeds
31. October 2023
Why Monarchs Need Early-Season Milkweeds
12. October 2023
Keep Monarchs Wild: Why Captive Rearing Isn’t the Way to Help Monarchs
15. June 2023
California Garden Center Leads by Example with Monarch Wishing Tree
1. June 2023
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Reveals High Seasonal Decrease Following Severe Winter Storms
2. March 2023
Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count Tallies Over 330,000 Butterflies Before Storms Batter Overwintering Sites
31. January 2023
The Current Status of Western Monarch Butterflies, By the Numbers
31. January 2023
D.C. Monarch Summit Secures Funding for Monarch Conservation
7. July 2022
Meet the Partners Saving Pollinators with Xerces’ California Habitat Kits
4. April 2022
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Tracks Population Decline During Overwintering Season
2. March 2022
Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count tallies nearly 250,000 butterflies
24. January 2022
The Bounciness of Butterflies
12. November 2021
The Value of Conservation Planning
28. September 2021
Climate News: Nature-Based Climate Solutions Address Climate Change and Support Pollinators
25. August 2021
Applying a Holistic Approach to Monarch Conservation
22. April 2021
Resident Monarch Populations on the Rise in California: What Does this Mean for the Western Migratory Population?
1. March 2021
Fifth Annual Western Monarch New Year’s Count Confirms Continued Decline in Western Monarch Population
1. March 2021
Western Monarch Population Closer to Extinction as the Wait Continues for Monarchs’ Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
19. January 2021
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – December 2020
9. December 2020
Planning and Planting for the Future of Monarchs in California
2. December 2020
Monarch Population in California Spirals to Another Record Low
30. November 2020
Western Monarch Breeding Season Status
23. September 2020
Supporting Community Efforts to Create Monarch and Pollinator Habitat in California
26. August 2020
Science Notes: How Pesticide Sampling Can Help Restore Imperiled Western Monarchs
4. June 2020
Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico Down 53%
13. March 2020
New Year’s Count Finds Continued Decline of Monarchs Overwintering in California
4. March 2020
The Vanishing Butterfly Groves of California
27. January 2020
Thanksgiving Count Shows Western Monarchs Need Our Help More than Ever
23. January 2020
Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits Designed to Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
10. December 2019
Western Monarchs: Notes from the Field
21. October 2019
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – September 2019
25. September 2019
Community Science Powers New Western Monarch Studies
30. July 2019
Working to Conserve Monarchs from Coast to Coast
21. June 2019
New iNaturalist Project Makes it Easier to Submit Data to the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper
7. June 2019
How to Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation—During Earth Week and Beyond!
27. April 2019
Community Scientists Can Help Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
12. March 2019
Photo Essay: Trinational Monarch Meeting and Exploring Mexico’s Monarch Overwintering Sites
7. March 2019
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Confirms Decline, Trends Seen in Previous Years
5. February 2019
Record Low Number of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies in California—They Need Your Help!
17. January 2019
Early Thanksgiving Counts Show a Critically Low Monarch Population in California
29. November 2018
Western Monarch Numbers Expected to Be Low this Year
15. November 2018
Managing for Monarchs in the West
1. May 2018
Tropical Milkweed—a No-Grow
19. April 2018
Second New Year's Count Supports Monarchs' Movement Between Sites
7. March 2018
Newly Released Monarch Overwintering Site Management Plan Provides Blueprint for Protecting and Managing Monarch Groves
2. March 2018
Very Low Numbers of Monarchs Overwintering in California may Reflect an Unusual Fall
2. February 2018
2017 Monarch Numbers Are Down, Lengthening a Worrying Trend
9. February 2017
Western Monarch Conservation: A 40 Year History
5. February 2017
To Save Monarchs, We Need More than Just Milkweed
7. December 2016
Five Lesser-Known Places to See Monarchs Overwintering in California
23. November 2016
Monarch Butterflies in the Western United States
20. July 2016
Monarch & Milkweed Workshops Engage Public Land Managers in Western States
20. July 2016
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