The 2020 Western Monarch Counts for the Overwintering sites in California bring troubling news: less than 2,000 monarch were documented this year, a 99.9% decrease in population from the 1980’s. This likely means a collapse of the migration. But don’t lose hope! In Utah, we are scrambling to plant more milkweed which will be ready if the monarchs return, and will certainly benefit other pollinators that are experiencing similar declines in their populations. For those f you from California, there is an action plan in place to facilitate recovery. Read this blogpost from Xerces Society to see what you can do:
Counts Confirm Continued Decline in Western Monarch Population
