XERCES SOCIETY for Invertebrate Conservation
Monarch Conservation Guide
The Xerces Society created this guide to saving America´s Monarchs. Topics include creating Monarch habitat, managing Monarch habitat, status and trends, migration patterns.
HOME GROUND HABITATS by Charlotte Torgovitsky
Monarchs in Marin County
Topics include basic facts, metamorphosis of the Monarch butterfly, Monarchs in Marin County, natural enemies at all stages. This is an excellent resource to start your exploration on Monarchs.
MARIN CHAPTER California Native Plant Society
Plants in Marin County
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a non profit that works on spreading information on the various native plants around California. This guide was a very helpful influence on my research.
THE GREAT BUTTERFLY HUNT The Mystery of the Migrating Monarchs
www.amazon.com/Great-Butterfly-Hunt-Migrating-Monarchs/dp/0671694278
What makes the Eastern and the Western Monarchs Different
This Book describes multiple aspects of the Monarch life, body, location, and migration. I used a lot of information from this book because of the amount of detail and depth it provides on the butterfly.
WESTERN MONARCH COUNT
A Yearly Tally of the Western Monarchs
This website is crucial to Monarch research, the amount of effort and work these people put in to help the survival and population of these butterflies is insane. I am so grateful for the time they spend on this.
US Department of Fish and Wildlife: Monarch Butterfly
https://www.fws.gov/savethemonarch/
This is a Federal resource about Monarch Butterfly current status and conservation
This website provides the reader with up-to-date information about the plight of Monarch butterflies. This site provides a lot of information about the Monarch butterfly itself, but also information such as migration, community efforts in saving the Monarch, building waystations. It is an excellent resource.
The Marin Audubon Society: Monarch Rescue
https://marinaudubon.org/conservation/monarch-rescue-project/
This is a resource that focuses on saving our California Monarch in Marin County.
Through this project I learned that the Marin Audubon Society is making major efforts in the conservation of our endangered Western Monarchs. The article shares what individuals can do to support the Monarchs and how volunteers can support the effort in large scale habitat restoration.