When Danielle Bronson was a little girl, Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove was home to about 250,000 monarchs. Now the state park interpreter at Pismo Beach, Bronson’s grove only welcomed 500 butterflies this year. Western monarch butterflies experienced their second-lowest population count in history this season, according to Bronson. The all-time low occurred in 2021. […]
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Butterfly population at historic low at Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove
On Monday, Jan.14 the Minarch Butterfly Grove saw 2,000 butterflies. In the ’80s, the population was 250,000.