The Winter Home Of The Monarch Butterfly
1983 CE - 2022 CE
"Each autumn millions of monarch butterflies migrate south. Monarchs leave the eastern U.S. for fewer than 20 sites in Mexico. The forests where they wait out the winter are threatened by development and logging. In 1983 the World Conservation Union declared the monarch migration a threatened natural phenomenon."
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Plant milkweed from central Mexico to central Canada on which monarchs can lay eggs.
Support reforestation efforts in Northern Mexico and only buy FSC-certified paper and furniture.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit Monarch Butterfly Fund. You can also get free seeds (http://www.livemonarch.org/ ).
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