By Charlotte Ward For generations, flutters of orange wings in the spring and fall have delighted people of all ages in South Carolina as they marvel at the migratory monarch butterfly. But populations are dwindling. According to the Xerces Society, monarch butterfly populations, found east of the Rocky Mountains, used to number in the hundreds […]
Monarch Butterflies
Preserving the Monarch
Every year thousands of monarch butterflies make a migration pitstop at Natural Bridges State Park near Santa Cruz in California. They can be found in the heart of a eucalyptus grove, a short walk down a leafy boardwalk, behind Natural Bridges beach. It is a pleasant spot. The trees are fragrant and provide the monarchs with shelter from the […]
Could your city save monarch butterflies?
In 2017, the Illinois nature center I work with achieved something wonderful. It teamed up with the local mayor to build a pollinator garden for insect populations and to inspire a city to help monarch butterflies. You can read about it here. In good eco news, mayors and other local and tribal government chief executives […]