The numbers are in! Join us for an overview of the 2025 Western Monarch Count. Powered by more than 450 participants and generous funders, this annual effort provides vital insight…
Western Monarch Count, 2025: Key Findings from the Overwintering Season : Read Morewestern monarch
Western Monarch Count, 2025: Key Findings from the Overwintering Season
Western Monarchs Are Returning to California: Early-Season Count Documents Several Thousand So Far
Monarchs gather at Lighthouse Field overwintering site in mid-October, 2025. Photo by Diana Magor.
Monarch butterflies are fluttering back to California’s coast, and volunteers across the West have been busy surveying overwintering sites for the 2025 Western Monarch Count (WMC)! Early reports estimate approximately…
Western Monarchs Are Returning to California: Early-Season Count Documents Several Thousand So Far : Read MoreNEW Volunteer Training for the Western Monarch Count (WMC)
LINK: Isis Howard and Sara Cuadra-Vargas with the Xerces SocietyLINK: Https://westernmonarchcount.org/volunteer/LINK: Learn more and register hereNotice: Below is a list of 3 important links included on this page.1. Isis Howard…
NEW Volunteer Training for the Western Monarch Count (WMC) : Read MoreInternational Monarch Monitoring Blitz
LINK: International Monarch Monitoring BlitzLINK: Notice: Below is a list of 2 important links included on this page.1. International Monarch Monitoring Blitz2. Please note that while screen readers have made…
International Monarch Monitoring Blitz : Read MoreMid-Season Count
LINK: Let us know hereLINK: Regional coordinatorNotice: Below is a list of 2 important links included on this page.1. Let us know here2. Regional coordinatorPlease note that while screen readers…
Mid-Season Count : Read MoreEarly-Season Count
LINK: Let us know hereLINK: Regional coordinatorNotice: Below is a list of 2 important links included on this page.1. Let us know here2. Regional coordinatorPlease note that while screen readers…
Early-Season Count : Read More20th Anniversary of Ellwood Mesa!
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20th Anniversary of Ellwood Mesa! : Read MoreButterflies: Saving the Western Monarchs
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Butterflies: Saving the Western Monarchs : Read MoreWestern Monarch Butterfly Population Declines to Near Record Low
LINK: Leer en EspañolLINK: Watch the announcement webinar here. LINK: Western Monarch CountLINK: Proposed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species ActSanta Cruz hosts largest number of butterfliesFederal policy changes could…
Western Monarch Butterfly Population Declines to Near Record Low : Read More