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     We encourage people to help the Monarch butterfly by creating special wildlife-friendly spaces in their yards and at their places of business. By doing this you not only increase biodiversity and benefit hundreds of other species of flora and fauna, but you also provide yourself a summertime of entertainment. Got comments or ideas for us? We'd enjoy hearing from  you- Contact Us

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Welcome to the December 2019 Issue!

     What do Monarch butterfly enthusiasts do up north in the winter months when there's no Monarchs around? How about rejoicing in learning how many Monarchs migrated successfully to Mexico! And, giving us all a pat on the back for creating Monarch friendly spaces in our yards. 

     Also, please sign the petition in the right margin calling for a ban on the roadside mowing of milkweed plants.  

     We encourage people to help the Monarch butterfly by creating special wildlife-friendly spaces in their yards and at their places of business. By doing this you not only increase biodiversity and benefit hundreds of other species of flora and fauna, but you also provide yourself a summertime of entertainment. Got comments or ideas for us? We'd enjoy hearing from  you- Contact Us

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Helping Monarch Butterflies in your yard!

Got Milkweed? 

   

     Welcome to the Saturday May 26, 2018 issue of "Monarch Butterfly Happenings!" newsletter. We explore ways to attract Monarchs and other butterflies to your yard and how to create a Monarch butterfly garden. There are also videos on how to raise Monarch butterflies, tips on growing milkweed plants, helping Monarch in your yard through landscaping tips, and the Monarch butterfly life cycle from egg to beautiful adult butterfly. Enjoy a summer full of Monarch butterflies in your life!

Monarch Butterfly Happenings! A nationwide network of Monarch Waystations?

     Welcome to the November 22, 2016 issue of “MonarchButterfly Happenings!” newsletter! I just got an email from a new subscriber who lives in Solon, Ohio. He wanted to know how to help the Monarch butterfly to survive, so this issue has articles on how individuals are helping the Monarch to survive, yard-by-yard, school-by-school, and business-by-business.

     Many are helping out! Third-graders in Westerville, Ohio became lobbyists to protect the Monarch, and waystations for Monarchs are being planned for Arizona parks. The importance of creating a Monarch butterfly garden in your yard and business is also explained.

     I’m excited about the $89,000 grant provided by the Fish and Wildlife Foundation. It is helping the Southwest Monarch Study to build Monarch Waystations in Arizona’s parks. Let’s expand this initiative! The hundreds of thousands of miles of Interstate-highway medium strips and the millions of miles of major state highways can someday become a nationwide grid of Monarch Waystations, a coast-to-coast system that protects all pollinators!

     Enjoy this November 22, 2016 issue of “MonarchButterfly Happenings!”

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Illinois License Plate designed to aid Monarch Butterfly

Female Monarch visiting my Monarch Waystation

     You’ll enjoy this 8/22/16 Issue of MonarchButterfly Happenings!, for it has article about everyday people and their attempts to save the Monarch Butterfly. The mayor of Topeka has pledged to save the Monarch as well! Thank you, mayor! There’s a nice article I selected that explains how you too, can do things around your yard to help the dwindling numbers of Monarchs. Here’s some other highpoints of the 8/22/16 Issue of Monarch Butterfly Happenings!:

·        Help Monarchs with milkweed seed pod collections.

·        A video explains why the Monarch is disappearing

·        A farmer wants to know what he can do about Monarchs, Milkweeds and GE crops

·        Monarchs in trouble: Where’s the EPA is an article from Friends of the Earth magazine

·        A new Illinois license plate is meant to boost the Monarch butterfly population.

     There’s much more in this newsletter to read. Thank you for subscribing to it. I hope it gives you some ideas on how you can help the Monarch! Click HERE and enjoy the read!

      Know a friend who loves Monarchs like you and would like to read this newsletter? Send them HERE. Thanks!

 

Robert Morton, M.Ed., Ed.S. enjoys the Monarch Butterfly and is dedicated to spreading the word about Danaus plexippus! Subscribe to the free "Monarch Butterfly Happenings!" newsletter for timely updates on this wonderful creature.

 

 

Trump's kids shooting big-game endangered species.



Trump's Kids shooting big game endangered species