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Got milkweed?
Got milkweed?
Due to the increasing cost of postage, we are unable to continue mailing free milkweed seeds to Utahns. Instead, we are focusing on sharing free seeds at large, public events such as the Utah State Fair, Seed Swaps, and other conservation events.
We have other local resources to refer you to in the meantime, shared on the right.
NOTE: In April/May 2026, we will have 3000 native milkweed seedlings to give away, grown in 10cm tubes or 4" pots. Similar to April 2025, we will identify locations from St. George to Logan and from Vernal to Tooele to set up and distribute three species of native milkweeds. Please watch this space!
New Seed Resources!
New Seed Resources!
GrowMilkweedPlants.com is a locally owned and operated resource for a variety of milkweed seeds native to Utah, as well as other states across the nation. Brad Grimm offers a wealth of information on his website with regards to milkweed seed germination, a podcast and other helpful tips.
Grandprismaticseed.com is another locally owned, amazing resource for many seeds, native and otherwise. If you are into seeds, Guy and James' website is a candy store! To find the various milkweed seeds for sale, check their "Natives" page.
Our Facebook Group is another great resource of seed sharing, with 5,000 members in Utah:
What's happening now?
What's happening now?
January 2026
The results from the annual Western Monarch Count (overwintering monarchs in California) will be announced at the end of January. This count has been conducted each fall/winter for the past two decades. The much larger eastern population count (in Mexico) will be completed in early 2026. We hope both counts rebound from the second-lowest recorded to date, for both the eastern and western counts.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT UPDATE
January 2026: The US Fish & Wildlife Service moved the Endangered Species Act Rulemaking from "Proposed Rule Stage" to "Long Term Action", delaying the decision from December 2025 to at least December 2026. What this means is that it's up to the public to do all we can to help the monarchs survive since the ESA won't offer help yet.
What can we do to help?
Plant native milkweed and other pollinator plants. Plan for blooms from Spring through Fall
Avoid using chemicals in your pollinator gardens
Do all you can to slow climate change
PENDING: THE 2025/2026 WESTERN OVERWINTERING COUNT
THE WESTERN MONARCH OVERWINTERING COUNT 2024/2025
As shown in the graph to the right, the most recent count recorded the second lowest number of monarchs in recorded history, with roughly 9,000 monarchs counted at all California overwintering sites.
Natural fluctuations occur from year to year, but the overall trend is not good.
EXCELLENT RESOURCES
EXCELLENT RESOURCES
Monarch Watch
Home of the national "Monarch Waystation" Program
Monarch Joint Venture
Excellent resources and webinars
Southwest Monarch Study
Our Tagging Source
Utah Pollinator Habitat Program
Utah Pollinator Habitat Program
Xerces Society
Our Mission
To engage and educate Utahns in conservation of the monarch butterfly. We do this by providing expertise and training, native milkweed seeds and/or seedlings, and leveraging partnerships with other organizations (public and private) to advance the cause of the monarch butterfly and the other pollinators who will benefit from this work.
Utah FOM Official 501c3 status August 31, 2021
Federal ID 87-2412373
Rachel Taylor, Utah Friends of Monarchs, Founder
Monarch Conservation Specialist, Monarch Watch
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