Big changes could be coming to the Pismo Beach monarch butterfly grove as part of California State Parks’ wide-ranging plan for Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area and Pismo State Beach ...

Monarch butterflies are making their annual return to the grove in Pismo Beach, as pictured here on Nov. 8, 2023.

The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is a hotspot to view them. The grove attracts people from all over the state. Bertha Madrigal-Graves visits the grove every year from San Francisco.

The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is one of five in the state that routinely records 10,000 or more of the butterflies in residence. But what makes this Central Coast destination special ...

The monarch butterfly population in California has seen a steady decline in recent years. Though the population is nowhere near rebounding, the Pismo Beach grove did see an uptick in numbers this ...

In 2021, the Pismo Beach grove saw nearly 21,000 overwintering butterflies. That jumped to 24,128 butterflies counted in 2022 and then down to 16,044 butterflies in 2023, according to the Xerces ...

Western Monarch butterfly numbers from a 2020 count in Pismo Beach, California, show a population decline for the insect species, which is nearing extinction.

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – Monarch butterflies are making a big comeback in Pismo Beach after the population dwindled last year. Monarch butterflies are back in a big way at Pismo Beach.

In recent weeks, they’ve started another habitat garden at Bluebird Park in Laguna Beach, tearing out old ivy and building beauty in the roughly 700-square-foot space.

In 2019, the Pismo Beach grove had more than 6,700 monarchs — 23% of the western monarch population that year — and just six years ago, volunteers counted about 28,000 butterflies at the site ...

ON THE DAYTIME TO-DO LIST: Speakers who know about gray whales and monarch butterflies will speak. Live music will play. The kids in the crowd will take part in activities and learn things (maybe ...

Western Monarch butterfly numbers from a 2020 count in Pismo Beach, California, show a population decline for the insect species, which is nearing extinction.