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New Waystation Garden In Virginia Beach Provides Respite For Migrating Monarchs A new project is underway at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a monarch butterfly waystation. This garden will bring added beauty, wonder, and biodiversity to the refuge. Best of all, the waystation will provide much-needed food and habitat for the struggling migratory monarch butterfly. Each year, millions of monarchs make the incredible journey from their breeding grounds in the U.S. and Canada to the forests in central Mexico where they hibernate. Their migratory pattern is the most highly evolved of any known species of their kind according to worldwildlife.org. Many fly up to 2,500 miles in their annual migration! Pretty impressive for a tiny insect that weighs no more than a paper clip. Unfortunately, the migratory monarch is in serious trouble. Recently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has added it to the ‘Red List’ of endangered species. Among other factors, climate change, loss of habitat, and the reduction of the milkweed plant have led to a steady decline in their population.