General 4 — QCPP

The Monarch Butterfly population in the eastern part of The United States has declined by approximately 90% in the past 20 years. They need our help and protection to bring population numbers back up.

QCPP is dedicated to raising awareness of declining monarch populations, educating about what we can do to help the monarchs and planting for monarchs throughout the city of Cincinnati.

See below for just two of the ways we are working towards monarch conservation.

Monarch Tagging

QCPP participates in tagging monarch butterflies with tags provided by Monarch Watch. “The Monarch Watch Tagging Program is a large-scale community science project that was initiated in 1992 to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular fall migration through mark and recapture.” - Monarch Watch Website

Monarch Waystations

QCPP is dedicated to creating Monarch Waystations throughout the city of Cincinnati. According to Monarch Watch, “Monarch Waystations are places that provide resources necessary for monarchs to produce successive generations and sustain their migration”.

QCPP achieves this by collecting and distributing milkweed seeds to private citizens, working with the City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Parks to plant more milkweed in the city and educating in garden groups, schools, etc. about waystations.