MAKANDA, Ill. (KFVS) - During the entire month of September, Giant City State Park will be celebrating the Monarch Butterfly by participating in a tagging program. Every fall, thousands of Monarch ...

MAKANDA, Ill. (KFVS) - Giant City State Park will be hosting multiple programs, including monarch butterfly tagging, during the month of September. The public is invited to come out to the park in ...

Monarch butterflies have multiple generations in a year, including the final one, which migrates south to wintering grounds ...

Although it has been in decline, the butterfly is found throughout the United States, which made this a particularly challenging case for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...