OCTOBER 23, 2024 - This week, one big event leads to another in Wewoka. The first involves tiny caterpillars, the next involves thousands of people, and the next is long-term prosperity.

OCTOBER 5, 2024 - Northern weather creates trickle as southwest drought worsens. Last week's expected push with northerly winds was a let-down. Few butterfly spotters reported roosts, matching a trend of fewer roosts reported in northern states as well....

SEPTEMBER 1O, 2024 - Every weekend through the first of October marks a community pollinator celebration, illustrating the growing interest, especially in monarch butterflies, as private, municipal, state, and tribal entities continue efforts to keep...

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - For fans of monarch butterflies, Oklahoma is a fun place to be in September. But some of you may be surprised to read that there are actually overlapping populations with very different end-goals and needs this time of year.

JULY 23, 2024 - It’s almost “bonus monarch” time in Oklahoma. Scientists say it’s time for monarch taggers to order their sticky stocks and ready their catch nets and for avid observers to fire up their apps to burn up the internet.

FEBRUARY 2024 - The presence of the eastern monarch butterfly population in Mexico’s oyamel fir forests this past winter decreased by a staggering 59.3% compared to the previous year,

JANUARY 2024 - The Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Monarch Program received the 2023 State Government Program Environmental Excellence Award.

DECEMBER 16, 2020 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it finds Endangered Species Act listing for the monarch butterfly WARRANTED BUT PRECLUDED.