Posts tagged: Monarchs

We are thrilled to announce the mailing of native milkweed seeds to SC residents, thus completing the 2024 Milkweed for Monarchs Project! We are grateful to Comporium for sponsoring this year’s project. This project...

If you’ve ever wanted to create a home for a baby monarch butterfly, it’s the season to plant in South Carolina. Residents who want to attract monarch butterflies in their yard and give them...

Monarch butterfly on Asclepias Tuberosa. We are thrilled to announce the mailing of 5,000 packets of native milkweed seeds to SC residents, thus completing the 2023 Milkweed for Monarchs Project! We were able to...

The popular migratory monarch butterfly has been listed as endangered, but South Carolina residents can help save the species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature announced on Thursday it had added the insect...

By Charlotte Ward (published in Less & Green Blog) For generations, flutters of orange wings in the spring and fall have delighted people of all ages in South Carolina as they marvel at the...

SCCL Board Secretary Cynthia Rudolph holds the Community Wildlife Habitat Certification certificate presented by Sara Green, executive director of the S.C. Wildlife Federation. From left are Dianne Abel, Michelle Evans, Terry Graham, Rudolph and...

By Hannah Nybo, SCWF community outreach intern With support from people all over South Carolina and deep appreciation for generous donors and volunteers, this year’s native milkweed seed distribution program was a huge success!...

On March 28th, SCWF assisted students from Irmo Middle School in planting native milkweed for monarchs, with help from the Midlands Master Naturalist Association, at Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia.