Building a Butterfly House: A Guide to Monarch Waystations
By Kristin Boza BAPA’s Monarch Project initiative includes a map of seven public and 14 private areas designated as official Monarch Waystations. One location on the BAPA map is the home of NItza Ohana, which has been a certified Monarch Waystation for more than 15 years. Located at 9040 S. Damen Ave., Ohana welcomes all to drive or […]
BAPA Monarch Project Kicks Off With Milkweed Planting
By Cathriona Fey BAPA Community Outreach Several gardens throughout Beverly/Morgan Park received a boost of butterfly friendliness after 192 milkweed plants were delivered to BAPA in May. BAPA applied for, and was awarded, a variety of milkweed plants on behalf of some of the area’s most notable community gardens through the Monarch Watch organization’s “Free Milkweeds for Schools and Nonprofits” […]
BAPA Awarded 192 Milkweed Plugs to Propel Save the Monarchs Initiative
With Spring just around the corner, some of Beverly/Morgan Park’s community gardeners are gearing up to add fresh milkweed to their gardens. Monarch Watch, a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas, recently selected six of our neighborhood gardens as recipients for flats of milkweed to promote more monarch and pollinator-friendly habitats in the […]
BAPA Takes Pledge to Save The Monarchs
By Cathriona Fey BAPA Community Outreach Liaison Over the last two decades, the eastern monarch butterfly has experienced a more than 80% decrease in population. This orange and black-winged species, the Illinois state insect, contributes to the pollination of plants throughout the Prairie State. The migratory and overwintering habitats needed to promote monarch breeding are disappearing, and the drastic drop in population has sparked urgent conservation efforts to save the monarchs. […]