U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies. Fish and Wildlife Service officials on Tuesday announced plans to list monarchs as threatened. The agency will take public comments on the plan until March before finalizing the move.
U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend endangered species protections to monarch butterflies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the butterfly to the threatened species list by the end of next year.Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico , Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland. Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico , Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland.
The Endangered Species Act affords extensive protections to species the wildlife service lists as endangered or threatened. Under the act, it’s illegal to import, export, possess, transport or kill an endangered species. A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those protections.Takeaways from AP’s report on Chinese gold mining threatening endangered protected site in Congo
The proposal also would designate 4,395 acres in seven coastal California counties where monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains migrate for winter as critical habitat for the butterfly. The designation would prohibit federal agencies from destroying or modifying that habitat. The designation doesn’t prohibit all development, but landowners who need a federal license or permit for a project would have to work with the wildlife service to mitigate damage.
Environmentalists say monarch populations are shrinking because of warmer temperatures from brought on by climate change, agricultural expansion and herbicides that have hindered growth of milkweed — the main food source for monarch caterpillars.
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