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Arts & Events September 5, 2025 - 2:31 pm

Monarch Watch open house attendees can greet the season’s migrating pollinators

by Lawrence Times

Monarch Watch’s fall open house will allow folks of all ages to welcome the butterflies as they migrate from the north, while learning about our pollinators.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education September 11, 2024 - 11:11 am

Monarch Watch to host fall open house, tagging event

by Tricia Masenthin

Fall is coming, and so are the monarch butterflies. Two upcoming Lawrence events will provide hands-on opportunities to learn about monarchs and contribute to their conservation efforts.

Education February 7, 2024 - 1:34 pm

Monarch butterflies just took a big hit. Midwesterners may see few of them this year

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

Butterfly enthusiasts in the eastern half of North America will have to look harder this spring and summer to spot monarchs, which have become an international symbol of insect conservation.

Education November 2, 2023 - 12:54 pm

New director of Monarch Watch hopes to continue building program

by Maya Hodison

Monarch Watch is still chasing butterflies — now under a new leader, Kristen Baum.

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Education February 9, 2023 - 6:30 pm

Monarch Watch founder and his wife give ‘seed money’ to cement organization’s legacy

by Tricia Masenthin

Supporters of Monarch Watch celebrated the organization’s 30-year anniversary in September. Now founder Orley “Chip” Taylor and his wife, Toni, have their sights set on the conservation program’s future.

Education September 15, 2022 - 5:19 pm

As Month of the Monarch continues, butterfly conservation efforts to be highlighted through events this weekend

by Maya Hodison

Monarch butterflies arrive in Kansas mid-September each year, but the renowned species has recently been deemed endangered. Some events scheduled for this weekend in Lawrence will both celebrate and raise awareness of local monarch conservation efforts.

Education August 22, 2022 - 8:14 pm

Month of the Monarch will honor 30 years of conservation; Monarch Watch to unveil future plans

by Tricia Masenthin

Monarch Watch has enlisted help from thousands of community scientists all over the world to fulfill its mission: Bring back the monarchs. Those dedicated to that goal will celebrate three decades of conservation work in September as the organization announces its next steps.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Environment July 3, 2022 - 1:13 pm

Couple’s ‘little pocket prairie’ beckons butterflies to Indian Hills neighborhood

by Tricia Masenthin

Call it a pollinator’s delight, a butterfly haven, a nectar buffet. This Monarch Waystation is the pride of longtime Lawrence gardeners Dena Podrebarac and Heidi Rios.

Christy Huntington
Lawrence Life August 23, 2021 - 10:48 am

A view of Lawrence: Monarchs on milkweed

by Lawrence Community

As reported in Monday’s Kaw Valley Almanac, monarch butterflies have recolonized well in this region. A flutter of the happy pollinators in North Lawrence on Sunday supports that statement.

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