Illegal logging has destroyed over 75% of the monarch butterfly’s forested winter habitat in Mexico. At Vermont Woods Studios we work to restore monarch habitat by planting trees in Mexico and milkweed in Vermont.
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Last updated on October 3rd, 2022 at 06:01 pm
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Last updated on August 14th, 2018 at 12:03 pm
Nature nuts and monarch lovers: your hard work of planting milkweed & nectar flowers is paying off. Butterfly populations seem to be bouncing back this year after decades of decline. It’s too soon to declare victory but many encouraging signs are out there. We’ll have to wait for the official reports from Monarch Joint Venture but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
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Last updated on August 14th, 2018 at 01:45 pm
The National Wildlife Federation is America’s largest wildlife conservation and education organization. We’re excited to support their work by creating a Certified Wildlife Habitat® as part of their ‘Garden for Wildlife’ program. This achievement is only possible because of the strong support we receive from our wonderful customers and stakeholders.
Fellow Nature Nuts: you can do the same at your home or business! If you have a garden that improves habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs and other wildlife, join the club and get it certified. It’s all about providing your neighborhood wildlife with natural food sources, clean water, cover and places to raise young.
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Last updated on May 23rd, 2018 at 02:27 pm
Last Friday I traveled to Becancour, Quebec with our friend Jose Luis Alvarez for the 1st International Symposium on American Silk (aka milkweed). The symposium was put together by Francois Simard. He’s a textiles engineer who’s developing technologies to use milkweed fibers as a down substitute in winter jackets. Francois is trying to persuade farmers to plant milkweed as a commercial crop in the USA and Canada.
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Last updated on August 15th, 2018 at 04:30 pm
We attended the 1st Annual Symposium on Milkweed in Becancour, Quebec to help provide summer habitat & save the Monarch Butterfly from extinction. We brought our friend Jose Luis Alvarez to the Symposium so he could teach attendees about the need to reforest monarch habitat in Mexico.
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Last updated on August 14th, 2018 at 12:07 pm
Our friend, Francois Simard of Encore 3, is hosting the first ever International Monarch Symposium on the Silk of America. Silk of America? Yes, that’s the new and improved name for milkweed! The symposium will focus on the topic of monarch butterfly habitat conservation in the USA and Canada.
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Last updated on March 31st, 2017 at 01:41 pm
The monarch’s have returned to Mexico and we’re in that annual limbo of Fall weather in New England. So, it could seem odd that we’re talking about growing milkweed in November, but now is actually the perfect time to get your seeds outside for the Spring.
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Last updated on October 11th, 2022 at 04:05 pm
Last week Mexican monarch butterfly conservationist, Jose Luis Alvarez & Canadian entrepreneur, Francois Simard joined Megan & me for our Save the Monarch Butterfly tour of New England. We stopped at 8 venues from Boston to Philadelphia, and then wrapped it up with a visit to monarch researcher, Dr Lincoln Brower in Virginia.
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Last updated on August 1st, 2018 at 04:58 pm
Colchester, VT-The Save the Monarchs tour is headed to ECHO today. It’s part of the initiative to save the monarch butterfly. Jose Luis Alvarez, the founder of Forests For Monarchs and Peggy Farabaugh, the owner of Vermont Woods Studios joined us on Local 44 Morning Brew to tell us more.
Read the article:
http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/morning-show/save-the-monarchs-heads-to-echo
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