What You Can Do To Help Monarch Butterflies
Purchasing produce that was grown without the use of herbicides and pesticides incentivizes large agribusinesses to farm in a way that enhances habitat for the monarchs, rather than eliminating wildflowers across millions of acres of cropland.
Having people across the country contributing to citizen science greatly increases researchers’ ability to look at continent-wide trends in migration patterns and population numbers. Record your sightings of milkweed and breeding monarchs at monarchmilkweedmapper.org.
For More Information on Helping Monarch Butterflies:
- World Wildlife Fund: worldwildlife.org/species/monarch-butterfly
- Bring Back the Monarchs Campaign: monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs
- Monarch Waystation Program: monarchwatch.org/waystations/
- Milkweed Market: monarchwatch.org/milkweed/market
- Monarch Joint Venture: monarchjointventure.org
- Create Habitats for Monarchs: www.plantmilkweed.org
- Journey North: journeynorth.org/monarchs
- MonarchWatch.org: www.monarchwatch.org
- La Cruz Reforestation Fund: www.forestsformonarchs.org
- Monarch Butterfly Fund: monarchconservation.org
Header Credit: Astrid Frisch