We are sad to report that the monarchs will be migrating back to the USA with the lowest numbers since the 1970s when they were first recorded. Read all about the floods and mudslides in Mexico. Chip Taylor, University of Kansas and Monarch Watch, points out that illegal deforestation has compromised the Mexican habitats for many years.
May we all pay attention to promoting biodiversity and reforestation for the monarch butterfly and pollinating species including native bees.
House destroyed by mudslide copyright Sue Sill, LCHPP
I spoke with Sue Sill, Executive Director, La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, (LCHPP) via email yesterday. She is in Mexico now where the damage of floods and mudslides destroyed Angangueo and El Rosario, towns near the Mexican Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. We do not know the status of the monarch butterflies yet and what the survival rate is. There is no way in or out at the present time. According to Monarch Watch, we will need to wait and see.
You can make donations directly to: LCHPP, 404 Victoria Ave., McAllen, TX 78503. We are also raising funds for LCHPP on Happy Tonics Facebook Blog.
October Hill Foundation in Connecticut donated $5,000 in seed money to initiate the monarch area assistance fund.
Won’t you please help by donating to help LCHPP? Thank you.
Road washout with a lonely dog copyright Sue Sill, LCHPP.
What would life be without the Monarch Butterfly? The monarch is a butterfly of transformation. Is she teaching us that clear cutting leaves the mountains vulnerable? No tree roots to hold the soil can bring soil erosion through heavy rains which in turn can bring floods and mudslides.
The monarch needs the Oyamel fir forest to survive in Mexico. Stop clear cutting to save the Mexican Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Mexico is the home country of the monarch butterfly. Reforestation will begin in the spring with funds raised for LCHPP.
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