Revitalizing the Monarch Butterfly

Fostering the Flyway by the Byway

Monarch butterflies are in trouble. In the last 20 years, their population has dwindled from more than a billion to just 150 million, a nearly 82% decline that has been observed with alarm along the Delaware River which serves as a flyway for the annual migration of Northeastern Monarchs from their summer breeding grounds to their wintering roosts in central Mexico.

Monarch brochure highlights:

The Monarch's life cycles and cross-continental migration patterns, conservation efforts that can be easily undertaken in one’s back yard to grow milkweed and nectar plants that are critical to their survival.
Tips on how to attract Monarch's and best mowing practices to minimize negative impacts on their survival. Including listing five native milkweed plants.
A list of available pollinator plants in this area, and how to participate in national campaigns that are underway to protect the species are also included.
Fun facts including how to tell the difference between male and female Monarchs, as well as Viceroy.

Download Monarch brochure (PDF)

This 16-panel, full-color brochure, which opens up to a 15" x 18" poster layout titled “Bring Home the Butterflies… And the Birds & Bees, and Bats & Beetles and Other Pollinators” addresses the significance of the Monarch declines.