Bird & Nature Blog

Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall!

Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 100 pounds of pure, live milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!

The primary focus is on common, butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seeds.

Madison Audubon photo

Land matters

Land matters

From the August 2022 Newsletter: Executive Director Matt Reetz shares examples of three land acquisition projects (among many) from the past few years, and what they mean for conservation.

Illustration by Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon.