Welcome to The Monarch Crusader!

If you’re here, you’re probably a nature lover, like me.  Or maybe you want to convince someone else to be one.  This is a great place to start.

The purpose of this site is to educate, and to promote conservation.  The information you need will be listed on my Resource page.  When the Junior Crusader pages are complete, you will have a roadmap of activities to help save the monarch, together with levels of achievement and rewards.

Raising monarch butterflies is an excellent Introduction to Nature  project for families, classrooms and youth groups.  It starts with a hunt for caterpillars, and ends with the release of a miracle less than a month later.  All sorts of discoveries abound along the way, while happy memories of friends and family expeditions are created.

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Every day I scour dozens of news articles, blogs, discussion lists, facebook pages and groups and websites to bring you the best up to date information on what is happening in the monarch world. You receive only the smallest fraction of my posts, so please drop by and scroll. When you like, comment, or share, facebook sends the post to more people. This is the best way to get the most number of people inspired to conserve the monarch, and the rest of the ecosystem.
The Monarch Butterfly Crusader
The Monarch Butterfly Crusader
Look, it already has a new face! And, it usually eats all the skin. That's why you rarely see it.
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Because of citizen scientists like you, we can all know what's going on with the monarchs, and where.
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Eastern Monarch Population Fall 2022 News Update Report #3 published: September 29, 2022 Roost Activity From peninsulas to coastal ports, Journey North volunteers are documenting monarch roosting behavior. Early in September, monarch roosts numbers kept increasing along the shores of the Great Lak...
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The monarchs have had a challenging year, and now, it's going to be hard getting through Texas.
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Butterflies are facing a challenging fall migration through Texas after the drought and extreme summer temperatures. This latest hurdle comes on the heels of a
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Future scientist study monarchs.
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Each student started with at least two caterpillars and some eggs. They have to find milkweed since caterpillars eat two to three milkweed leaves a day.
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Grants for US pollinator school gardens!
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Budding Botanist will award 20 high-need schools with $1,000 in grant funding to support their youth garden programs.
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