Butterflies

You Can Save the Monarch in Your Backyard with This.. advice for planting milkweed and helping the monarch butterfly population in your area.

March 2018: This article from the CBC describes how butterfly populations are measured in Mexico and how a busy hurricane season on the migration route could have been a factor in lower population numbers.

This toolbox (created by an organization with collaborating partners Canada, United States and Mexico), includes best management practices for the conservation and restoration of monarch butterfly breeding and feeding habitat across North America.

This 4-minute video describes how native plants have been responsible for the rapid decline of the m​onarch ​b​utterfly. Learn how your gardening choices can be a powerful conservation tool.

Parks Canada has information about monarch butterflies and the steps being taken at Point Pelee National Park to maintain grassland and milkweed, important to the butterflies' survival.

This article from the World Wildlife Fund (2018) describes how butterflies are affected by the changing landscape and less grassland along their migration route.

These are the results from a World Wildlife Fund study that assesses the vulnerability of monarch butterflies to the effects of climate change. There are also recommendations for climate-adaptive management strategies.