Author, conservationist, curious student of nature, Founder Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival, co-founder San Antonio Report
San Antonio, TX
Joined April 2008
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Woolly ironweed wins 2026 Pollinator Plant of the Year–by ONE vote. texasbutterflyranch.com/2026…
Have you voted for 2026 Pollinator Plant of the Year? Do it. #pollinators #gardening #gonative #plantnatives
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ALT Shrubby boneset or Woolly Ironweed?
The new year calls for a new take on how we appreciate #plants, the foundation of all #life on earth. Journalist Zoë Schlanger assembles exactly that in this shape shifting book. texasbutterflyranch.com/2025…
A new study released last week found that the monarch butterfly’s breeding population is stable and thriving, while its fall migratory population is in serious decline. texasbutterflyranch.com/2024…
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Save the Date! If you're in the Norman area on 9/14, head over to the @SamNobleMuseum for their Curiousiday: Monarch Marvels starting at 10am! We have it on good authority that @monikam's new book will be featured along with some other goodies! samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/calend…
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A podcast episode near and dear to my heart: @monikam talks about her new book on the monarch butterfly migration, while @bloomingwbirdie talks about the 9th Annual Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival on Oct. 5. bigcitysmalltown.com/73-moni…
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Are you part of the Monarchy yet?
Since we met 20 years ago, @monikam's obsession with monarchs, native plants and pollinators has profoundly impacted how I interact with the natural world — and how I share it with my daughters.
Loving this book!
In her new book on monarch butterfly migration, Monika Maeckle considers how pollinators are affected by climate change and habitat loss. sanantonioreport.org/monika-…
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The butterflies are coming and so is @monikam's new book, "The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and Fall"! This essential book for anyone who loves butterflies comes out August 20th and is available for pre-order now wherever books are sold. youtu.be/fJ6emHEBAeo?si=rbDb…
Inspiring restoration of a former bus depot. texasbutterflyranch.com/2024…
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Next @monikam's "The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and Fall," a sweeping tale of the scientists who fight over conservation tactics, the "flutterati," and learning to love the monarch when the migration is one day no more.
Bye bye bluebonnets! Bastard cabbage is ousting our native Texas #wildflowers. texasbutterflyranch.com/2024…
Monarch #butterfly population down 59% in Mexico, drops 30% in California. texasbutterflyranch.com/2024…
ALT Monarch butterflies take flight in Mexico, 2013. Drought and extreme weather decimated this season's crop--down almost 60% in Mexico, 30% in California.
Have you checked your zone lately? #gardening texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
Hot summer means year a tough season for migrating #monarchbutterflies, but new research says they’re butterflies “are not in trouble.”texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
Longtime hose dragger considers drip irrigation for garden in extreme #Texas summer heat. texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
New study: size and brilliance matter when it comes to the white spots on a monarch butterfly’s wings. texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
ALT Bigger white spots translate into higher #migration success
Scientist and naturalist David M. Hillis provides holistic, enlightening tour of Texas Hill Country texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
Finally! San Antonio gets its first native plant nursery, the Nectar Bar #nativeplants texasbutterflyranch.com/2023…
