Monarch butterflies migrate up to 2,500 miles to their winter habitat in Mexico and California and return to areas throughout the U.S. and Canada during the summer breeding season. Illegal and legal logging has destroyed a substantial amount of the monarch’s winter habitat, and their summer habitat is likewise threatened by herbicide spraying and development.
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Read More on Monarch Butterfly Listed as Endangered Species by IUCN
December 20, 2017
In Case You Missed It: 2017 at INHF
2017 was a record breaking year for INHF. Take a look back at the biggest moments of the year, and...
June 28, 2017
INHF helps protect statewide Monarch habitat with pollinator partnership
The North American monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Harnessing air currents,...
February 27, 2017
Iowa partnership unveils strategy to conserve the monarch butterfly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, communications director, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, jjayjack@inhf.org or 515-288-1846 he Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium,...
