Monarch Conservation Effort Report highlights Iowans' hard work 10/5/2022 6:52:00 AM View Count 3177 AMES, Iowa -- Iowa has been steadily adding new habitat for monarch butterflies over the past couple of years. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium recently released its Monarch Conservation Effort Report, which offers a snapshot of monarch habitat establishment through 2020 in all 99 counties across the state.
NWF's Mayors Monarch Pledge is now accepting pledges for 2022 3/25/2022 11:40:00 AM View Count 1491 The Mayors Monarch Pledge is a program created by the National Wildlife Federation to encourage mayors and their communities to take a pledge to help the dwindling Monarch Butterfly population.
As monarchs migrate northward, experts ask Iowans to keep habitat in mind 5/7/2019 2:35:00 PM View Count 3595 AMES, Iowa – Monarch butterflies are fluttering this way, and, with some luck, they’ll be more plentiful than in previous years when they reach Iowa later this spring.
New monarch numbers encouraging: Conservation efforts in Iowa contribute to long-term recovery 2/12/2019 12:01:00 PM View Count 5349 AMES, Iowa — This week, the World Wildlife Fund released its 2018-2019 overwintering monarch population report. Adult monarch butterflies covered approximately 15 acres of forest canopy in Mexico, a doubling of last year’s population, and a level not seen since 10 years ago.
New plan aims to reverse monarch butterfly decline 5/15/2018 12:03:00 PM View Count 5231 The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) welcomes public comments through May 31 on a draft conservation plan that provides a blueprint for reversing the decline of the eastern monarch butterfly population.
Iowa Sets Goal for Monarch Conservation 3/13/2018 2:27:00 PM View Count 8199 The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium has set a goal of acres devoted to monarch butterfly habitat in the state by 2038.
Blank Park Zoo Monarch Festival 9/12/2017 2:53:00 PM View Count 3573 A celebration of the monarch’s journey from Canada, through Iowa, to Mexico, will be held Sept. 17, from Noon to 4 p.m., at Blank Park Zoo, in Des Moines.
Spreading monarch-saving seed balls 9/6/2017 9:30:00 AM View Count 17101 Milkweed Matters began in 2014 when group founder Kelly Guilbeau began throwing loose milkweed seeds along the RAGBRAI route. The following year, seed ball dispersal began with 2,000 thrown during the ride in collaboration with another organization; Monarchs in Eastern Iowa. Last year the number of seed balls jumped to 58,459—made at 79 different events statewide by 3,406 people.
Plant.Grow.Fly. to Plant Butterfly Garden on Iowa Capitol Complex Friday 6/15/2017 8:10:00 AM View Count 3909 DES MOINES, Iowa - Blank Park Zoo’s Plant.Grow.Fly. and several partners are building a pollinator garden at the Iowa State Capitol on June 16.
State Forest Nursery packet promotes butterfly and bird habitat 3/7/2017 12:13:00 PM View Count 5943 DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) State Forest Nursery is promoting butterfly and songbird habitat with its March Butterfly and Bird seedling packet.
Group mapping out way to save the monarch butterfly 2/28/2017 12:52:00 PM View Count 10845 The recent study by the Mexican government released on Feb. 9 found the monarch butterfly population wintering in Mexico dropped by 27 percent this year, returning its population to historically low levels.
Shimek State Forest Puts on Stunning Show of Butterflies and Birds 5/20/2016 11:58:00 AM View Count 9827 This southeast Iowa forest hosts one of our most diverse woodland bird migrations, followed by a stunning summer butterfly show perhaps unequaled anywhere else in the state.
State Forest Nursery and Reiman Gardens Team Up to Promote Butterfly and Bird Habitat 3/1/2016 9:29:00 AM View Count 4885 DES MOINES –The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ State Forest Nursery and Reiman Gardens are teaming up to promote butterfly and songbird habitat. Customers who order a Butterfly and Bird packet before March 25 will receive two free passes to Reiman Gardens in Ames.
From Egg to Flight: Follow a Butterfly's Life Cycle 8/28/2015 12:00:00 PM View Count 7936 Butterfly Life Cycle