A petition by an environmental advocacy group to the state’s Fish and Game Commission would establish a state marine reserve off Pleasure Point and expand a reserve adjacent to Natural Bridges State Beach. Local lawmakers, along with the fishing and surfing communities, have come out against the idea.
Natural Bridges State Beach
As they go through ecological ‘uncharted territory,’ the time to see migrating monarchs is now
Natural Bridges State Beach is only one of a few hundred sites along the California coast where migrating monarch butterflies regularly spend the winter. Their numbers are down dramatically from a few decades ago, but December is still prime time to experience the monarchs.

