1,914. That’s the most recent count of the entire population of western monarch butterflies, according to the Xerces Society.

Taken together, the combined weight would come to a mere 35 ounces.

Monarch butterfly populations are falling across North America -- but the western population, which ranges from the California coast to the Rockies, is in crisis. And they need your help.

Please donate today to support our efforts to fight climate change and promote conservation practices that create habitats for monarchs and other pollinators.

Just 20 years ago, western monarchs numbered more than one million. And just two years ago, the count was 30,000.

But during the annual Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count last year, volunteers surveyed 246 overwintering sites along the California and Northern Baja coast. 1,914 is all they found.

And in Pacific Grove, which goes by the nickname “Butterfly Town, USA,” the count was zero.

In spite of this shocking decline, the Fish and Wildlife Service decided in December not to list monarch butterflies as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 

So it’s up to us to give the Western monarch a fighting chance. We all must do our part to stop the monarch's extinction.

Please donate now to support our climate and conservation work. Together, we're supporting actions that help protect monarch butterflies and other vulnerable species on the brink.

Thank you for your activism and support,
Sam Parry
Director of Membership