monarch butterfly

National Pollinator Week wrapped up Sunday, but before it did a pair of West Coast lawmakers introduced legislation aimed at saving one of the most iconic pollinators in the United States.  Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and California Representative Jimmy Panetta teamed up Friday to introduce the Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act, better known as the MONARCH Act.  The Dem...

The Texas Department of Agriculture recently announced that the eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, according to the latest World Wildlife Fund survey.  The survey shows that the population wintering in central Mexico’s forest occupied 4.42 acres, up fr...

Nearly $760,000 in federal funds are coming to three western states, including Oregon, to help boost monarch butterfly populations.  U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said the funding will benefit two projects in Oregon.   “One is to restore acres and make them better pollinator habitats, and also better acres for the monarch itself, which involves - you gotta make sure you’ve got some milkweed in there;

Last week, senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a total of $758,810 in funding for two projects that will work to increase and improve pollinator habitats in Oregon.  The funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund is part of $5.2 million in na...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is spending nearly $560,000 on efforts to improve habitats for the Monarch Butterfly in Oregon and California.    “Protecting monarch butterflies is an urgent issue that requires sustainable solutions,” said Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, who secured additional western monarch conservation funding as Chairman of the Interior, Environment & Related Agenci

BASF Agricultural Solutions North America will donate $50,000 to The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund's Seed A Legacy pollinator habitat program.  The donation is part of BASF's annual Living Acres #MonarchChallenge initiative. The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund will use BASF's donation to expand its Seed A Legacy pollinator habitat program with the goal of restoring high-quality pollinator habitat

A new Western Monarch butterfly breeding pattern is spurring hope that the butterfly is adapting to climate and ecology change. Washington State University Associate Professor, Dr. David James, said the studies done indicate the strategy for overwintering has changed and the Monarchs were breeding in the San Francisco, Bay area and Los Angeles this winter. "This ...

On Thursday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley joined a host of other lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House introducing the Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat (MONARCH) Act.  Supporters of the legislation say this bipartisan, bicameral proposal would provide urgent protections for the struggling western monarch butterfly, a pollinator that is integral to supporting American agricu

You've heard about the steep decline in the Monarch butterfly population, there's a way you can help restore them.   "With Monarch Challenge we're providing tools and resources to farmers and members of farm families to help establish and conserve habitat for Monarch butterflies. Thi...

The monarch butterfly might not be the best known pollinator, but it is an important according to NRCS’ Acting Chief Leonard Jordan.   The butterfly has fallen from roughly one billion 20 years ago to 34 million in the most recent estimate.   “...