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Your habitat adds up to a good summer for monarchs

By RVL / October 3, 2019

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Monarchs in the eastern U.S. population had a good summer in 2019 in part because of good habitat conditions in Wisconsin and other breeding grounds. Thank you for your efforts to plant more milkweed, shown here. Track monarchs’ journey and learn more about 2019’s good showing. Photo by Jack Silverberg

 

Your habitat adds up to a good summer for monarchs

Wisconsin’s “supergeneration” of monarchs are now flying 1,700 miles to their overwintering sites in Mexico where official population counts will be taken. Already, citizen reports to Journey North, a web-based platform tracking migration in real-time, show monarch numbers were impressive during this summer’s breeding period.

Thank you to everyone who planted or maintained milkweed and other native plants in 2019 to aid monarchs and other pollinators. You are making a difference!

  • To report your monarch habitat and be added to the tally for Wisconsin, download HabiTally on your iOS device today.

 

 

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