Monarch Blitz

Week 31 of 2025

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Rosieness Revue
July 31st, 2025

The Monarch Blitz is on right now

 For 10 days this week,participants across the United States are encouraged to head outdoors to report sightings of monarch butterflies, locate milkweed plants and search for monarch eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises. The Monarch Blitz in 2024 saw record-breaking participation, with more than double the participants of previous years reporting more than 16,000 monarch sightings and 68,000 milkweed plants in just 10 days. Monarch Butterflies have been listed as threatened rather than endangered species since 2024.

Monarch populations are shrinking because of warmer temperatures brought on by climate change, which could delay Monarch migrations, as well as agricultural expansion and herbicides that have hindered growth of milkweed — the main food source for monarch caterpillars.

Join the Monarch Blitz, July 25 - August 3, 2025 | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are inviting individuals and organizations across the United States to come together in a unique effort to support conservation and understanding of one of North America's most iconic species: the monarch butterfly. The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition from July 25 to August 3, 2025. Click. this link to learn how you can participate

www.fws.gov/story/2025-07/join-monarch-blitz-july-25-august-3-2025

Try iNaturalist to participate -

iNaturalist is a social network for naturalists. Record your observations of plants and animals, including Monarchs and share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world. There’s an app for that too!

www.inaturalist.org

How to Grow Milkweed: A Must-Have Plant for Monarch Butterflies

Milkweed (Asclepias) is a native wildflower essential to monarch butterflies. Learn how to grow milkweed in your garden—from planting tips and choosing the right varieties to end-of-season care. You can find milkweed seeds at many nurseries

www.almanac.com/plant/milkweed

Milkweed Crafts on Pinterest

Dried Milkweed pods are great for a variety of DYI crafts - The silky seed pods are especially cool - Explore a hand-picked collection of Pins about Milkweed Crafts on Pinterest from wreaths to fire starters and a multitude of ornaments.

pin.it/38GRQImSQ

Everyone can make a difference

Rosemary Mosco — Science Writer & Naturalist

Rosemary makes books and cartoons that connect people with the natural world. Visit her website to see her work

rosemarymosco.com

This Week in History

The amazingly true story of two brothers who traveled by pony cart to Montreal in 1967

Pony Boys, the Made Here season premiere, features brothers who traveled from Boston to Montreal via pony cart in 1967.

www.vermontpublic.org/show/made-here/2024-09-05/pony-boys-montreal-expo-documentary-video

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What We are Reading

The Best We Could Hope For by Nicola Kraus

A young mother abandons her young children to the care of her older sister - only to resurface years later -Available on Kindle Unlimited as well as Hardcover and Paperback

amzn.to/472CQCd

What We are Watching

The Penguin Lessons (2024) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama

1h 51m | PG-13 Streaming on Netflix - Based on the memoir by the same title by Tom Michel - Steve Coogan and Johnathan Pryce star - A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from an oil slicked beach.

www.imdb.com/title/tt26677014/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

This Week in Music

Storyville - Newport Jazz Festival

Stories from the Newport Jazz Festival Archive which runs August 1-3.

newportjazz.org/storyville

Fun Find of the Week

Micro Hydroflask

Insulated Mini Leak Proof Flask - Perfect for Purse or Pocket 6.7 oz - It comes in many colors - because you don’t need to lug around 32 oz of hydration all the time and miniatures are cute.

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