Over the past two decades, the monarch population has fallen into a steep decline due largely to the loss of habitat, as well as factors such as pesticide use, climate change, predators, and disease. Monarch habitat consists of native milkweed plants and blooming nectar plants to provide food for caterpillars and fuel adult butterfly breeding and migration. Restoring the monarch population is going to take an “all-hands-on-deck” approach. We need all sectors to get involved in restoring monarch numbers to a sustainable level.
Find out how you can get involved in monarch conservation, no matter who or where you are!
