Since 2012, the Monarch Fund with the participation of local communities, the MBBR’s Directorship, research centers, technical advisors and civil society organizations carry out reforestation initiatives in the monarch butterfly overwintering sites in Sierra Chincua, within the framework of the Good Management Practices for Conservation Programs and with financial support from MBF Monarch Butterfly Fund.
During June and July 2021 areas of the overwintering sites in Sierra Chincua and Cerro Pelón that have been affected by climate change were reforested with 10,000 oyamels. During subsequent months five additional hectares were reforested in Sierra Chincua and three in La Lagunita in Cerro Pelón. La Lagunita is the place where the first colony of monarch butterflies was found in 1975 so although it’s small, it’s considered historically significant.