The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a plan with the U.S. Defense Department Thursday at Camp Pendleton.
This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding the monarch butterfly to the threatened species list. KPBS military reporter Andrew Dyer visited Camp Pendleton where the Marines say they have an important role to play in saving the species.
The announcement came two days after the Fish and Wildlife Service started the yearlong process to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species. Monarchs are found throughout the continental U.S. and migrate to warmer climates for the winter. Those east of the Rocky Mountains migrate south to Mexico. Those in the western U.S. come to the California coast.Nicole Alt, the director of the center for pollinator conservation at the Fish and Wildlife Service, said the problem comes down to loss of habitat — especially the milkweed plant the butterflies rely on.
"If Camp Pendleton didn't exist, this would be like Dallas-Fort Worth where I think that urban sprawl would take over," Brown said during an interview on the base at Del Mar Beach."So we work closely with state to preserve things like, this beach that you see behind me, as well as our training areas here aboard Camp Pendleton."
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