Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While a devastatingly low number of monarch butterflies migrate to San Luis Obispo County this winter, the federal government has ...

Monarch butterfly count at Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove was only 471 in December 2025. The counts have been falling in the California overwintering site for more than three decades. Rob Reiner and ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. California ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. - Historically low numbers of western monarch butterflies visited the Central Coast this winter. This data comes as the butterfly is under consideration for protection under the ...

Fewer-than-usual monarch butterflies migrated through San Luis Obispo County this winter, according to data from the conservation-focused nonprofit the Xerces Society. “It feels like a punch to the ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – From a distance, trees draped in monarch butterflies would glow orange and flutter in the sunlight. In the 1980s, overwintering sites along the California coast would attract ...

The winter of 2023 offered more opportunities for photos depicting clusters of monarch butterflies in Pismo Beach. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) PISMO BEACH, Calif. (CN) — In a small tree grove at ...

While a devastatingly low number of monarch butterflies migrate to San Luis Obispo County this winter, the federal government has proposed listing the insect as threatened under the Endangered Species ...