Texas Butterfly Ranch Archives - San Antonio Report

Members with the Urban-15 Group dance during the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival at Brackenridge Park last year.

Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival returns to Brackenridge Park

by Raquel Torres September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

The eighth annual festival will take place at Brackenridge Park’s Pecan Grove on Oct. 7 and will feature a myriad of educational activities.

Nora Balmer, 6, right, dances with her sister, Mae, 3, while wearing handmade butterfly wings during the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival at Confluence Park on Saturday.

Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival migrates to Brackenridge Park

by Raquel Torres October 6, 2022October 7, 2022

Monika Maeckle and Bob Rivard pose for a photo during their trip to Mexico to visit a a monarch butterfly preserve.

After the long pandemic, a magical sojourn with the monarchs in México

by Robert Rivard March 20, 2022March 20, 2022

Monika Maeckle holds cowpen daisy seeds in her front yard, which acts as a pollinator garden.

Goal Within Reach of 300 Pollinator Gardens for San Antonio’s Tricentennial

by Brendan Gibbons December 13, 2018January 31, 2020

Collins Garden Elementary Lives Up to Its Name

by Monika Maeckle June 9, 2018June 9, 2018

(From left) David Suzuki Foundation Director of Science Louise Hénault-Ethier, Director of Scientific Communication at the National Commission of Biodiversity in Mexico Carlos Galindo Leal, Monarch Watch Founder Chip Taylor, and Journey North Founder Elizabeth Howard respond to a question posed by moderator Dan Goodgame at the Butterflies Without Borders Symposium.

Monarch Butterfly Experts: Citizen Scientists Can Be Agents of Change

by Rocío Guenther October 21, 2017October 21, 2017

A Monarch finds a nearby tree to perch itself on after being released.

Second Annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival Takes Flight

by Rocío Guenther October 7, 2017October 8, 2017

Monarch on native milkweed

San Antonio Plots Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan

by Monika Maeckle May 11, 2016October 7, 2016

Antelope horns and Indian blanket dot the roadside in the Texas Hill Country this weekend. Photo by Monika Maeckle.

Education, Gov & Politics

$300K Grant to UTSA for Monarch Butterfly Study

by Monika Maeckle June 27, 2015January 31, 2020

Faded migrant Monarch butterfly

Monarch Butterflies Heading our Way, Milkweeds and Politics Await

by Monika Maeckle April 2, 2015October 7, 2016