it's official

monarchs are in trouble. their journey is threatened because the united states uses insecticides and herbicides for agriculture - and it has eliminated much of the milkweed. they consider it a 'weed' - but the butterflies and caterpillars depend on it for survival.

also, illegal logging remains a problem in mexico, and is devastating their winter habitat, even though these areas are protected.

so i decided to get involved  - to do what i could do to protect and encourage future generations of monarch butterflies - and as a tribute to my friend, emmet.

i am a certified and registered monarch waystation through monarch watch.