Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

Arizona Monarch Conservation Partnership (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Oct.2015-Sep.2016)

In partnership with the Southwest Monarch Study, Borderlands Restoration, the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona and Sky Island Alliance, the project will significantly advance monarch butterfly conservation in Arizona through milkweed (Asclepias spp) surveys, seed collection, increasing Asclepias availability and density, native plant propagation and habitat improvement, monarch adult and immature monitoring in breeding areas, and tagging monarchs to determine migration flyways.

2016 Report Summary

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