Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, ...

The Midwest needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure monarch butterflies survive, preferably in sufficient numbers to sustain their phenomenal migration. In Illinois, ...

The pods should be placed in a paper bag and stored a dry place before being dropped off. The bags should also be marked with the county where they were collected. Lininger said that’s to better ...

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is collecting milkweed seed pods to help support the declining monarch butterfly population. Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies will lay ...

MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants your help to collect wild common milkweed seed pods to grow and restore habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County residents are encouraged to harvest milkweed seed pods as part of a statewide effort to establish habitats for the rapidly declining monarch butterfly. The Mahoning County ...

Have you been growing milkweed in an effort to save monarch butterflies? Or do you know where common milkweed is growing in the wild? It’s almost time to harvest the seedpods. The Summit Soil & Water ...

Recently, I was sorting newspaper clippings from an estate and I came across an old article from the World War II era. The article included a picture of a grade school class holding sacks of common ...