Monarch butterfly count plummets in SLO County. ‘Feels like a punch to the heart’
In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.
U.S. Eyes Threats To Monarch Butterflies, Survival Tied To California
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
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Milkweed For Monarch’s Santa Clarita Koi Club
Some research indicates that certain types of milkweed such as Asclepias Curassavica the tropical variety sold at home ...
California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
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Monarch Butterflies Are on the Decline in California. Here’s Why
The Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove at Ellwood Mesa had almost no clusters ... Experts say voluntary efforts like pollinator gardens have helped prevent even steeper declines but that broader policy ...
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Western Monarch Butterfly count shows second lowest visiting population since recording began
On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch ...
Monarch butterflies have declined 80% or more in recent decades. Here's how to help
Thogmartin and other researchers have evaluated more than 200 scenarios for restoring greater than 1.3 billion stems of ...
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Get ready for 2025 Rodeo tomatoes, more monarch and milkweed classes
It's not recommend that new tomato transplants get planted in the vegetable garden until after March 15 ... to learn what was ...
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‘Extremely concerning’ monarch numbers prompt renewed push for ESA listing
As I watched the California wildfires burn out of control last month, I couldn’t stop thinking about all of the victims of ...
The Western Monarch butterfly population in California is sharply declining, study finds
Western Monarch Count observed a peak population of 9,119 Monarch butterflies in California this winter, marking a sharp decline in the last few years. The count, administered by ...