Saving Western Monarch Butterflies
Get a Closer Look at Save Mount Diablo’s Monarchs and Milkweeds Project! Monarch butterflies are an iconic North American species. Their migrations, spanning up to 3,000 miles, take them up…
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Bobby Gendron | Volunteer of the Month
Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Aside from living in San Luis Obispo, CA for college, I’ve lived in the…
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Collecting Seeds of California Milkweed to Restore Monarch Habitat
This summer, we’re continuing our work to support western monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations on and around Mount Diablo. The Diablo region is part of a major migration corridor…
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Monarch Butterflies Found in Mount Diablo Region!
Monarchs on Our Milkweeds in Seven Different Places We have been mapping where milkweeds are found on Save Mount Diablo’s lands and around the greater Mount Diablo region in an…
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Monarchs and Milkweed: The Race to Save the Western Monarchs
Western monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) have decreased in startling numbers in recent years. Though genetically the same species as their eastern counterparts, the western population travels from the Rocky…
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