The Monarch Butterfly population has dropped over 80% since 1992 and the numbers are declining the same for the Milkweed plant population, the food needed for the Monarch Caterpillar.
The best way to help the Monarch Butterfly is to rebuild their habitat and give them the food they need to survive. The Save Our Monarchs Foundation is solely dedicated to saving the Monarch Butterfly by planting more milkweed and they make it easy for everyone to get involved:
– The foundation is distributing Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) seeds to anyone who will join them in their mission. For only $3 to cover shipping they will send you 3 free packs of Milkweed seeds or you can also send them a self-addressed stamped envelope to get free seeds
– Become a Monarch Evangelist by arranging with local organizations to place Milkweed Distribution Boxes near the cash register at each store. Save Our Monarchs will send you a Milkweed Starter Kit which includes one (or more) collection boxes plus 1,000 seed packets to be placed in each partner organization you arrange in your community
– You can make a donation to the foundation and help them reach their goal of planting 500,000+ packets of seeds in 2015
– Volunteer to help spread the word on the Monarch Butterfly, and if you host your own butterfly event the foundation will donate seeds
Visit the Save Our Monarchs website to learn more and you can also connect with them on their social profiles: @SaveOurMonarchs on Twitter, and Save Our Monarchs on Facebook
The Foundation has a sister site, Save Our Pollinators, where you can get involved with saving Monarchs, Bees, and all Pollinators. With at least 80% of our world’s crops requiring pollination and an estimated one out of every three bites of food coming to us because of pollinators, saving our pollinators means saving us.
Images via Save Our Monarchs
