<div dir="ltr"><div>Happy Pollinator Week!</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The just-released report, <i>State of the Butterflies in the United States:</i> <i>A Roadmap for Butterfly Conservation in the 21st Century </i>summarizes recent studies that quantify the rate of loss as well as regional profiles that can help conservation planners understand which species are seeing the most severe declines or are doing well in their areas. It also outlines specific actions for anyone to help recover butterflies, with detailed solutions by landscape type, including natural areas, working lands, and towns and cities -- and some recovery success stories for inspiration. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div>Some regions of the US are doing less worse than others, but overall, we are losing butterflies at a rate of 1.3% per year. And that isn't only rare or geographically limited species, it is species that are widespread and considered common, too. <div><br></div><div>To put this in context, it's graduation season: An 18-year-old student leaving high school has witnessed a 20% loss of butterflies in their lifetime. Someone leaving after 4-year college, will have witnessed a 25% loss of butterflies.<div><br></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">You can download the report here: <a href="https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">You can find a press release here: <a href="https://xerces.org/press/as-us-butterfly-populations-plummet-scientists-map-road-to-recovery" target="_blank">https://xerces.org/press/as-us-butterfly-populations-plummet-scientists-map-road-to-recovery</a></p></div><div><br></div></div><div>Matthew</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p>________<br></p><p><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Matthew Shepherd</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"><br>Director of </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Outreach & Education<br><i>he / him</i><br></span>Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<br><span style="font-size:10pt">(503) 212-0802   </span><span style="color:rgb(28,28,28);font-family:Roboto;font-size:16px">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt">   </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="mailto:matthew.shepherd@xerces.org" target="_blank">matthew.shepherd@xerces.org</a><br></span><a href="https://xerces.org/" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">xerces.org</span></a> <font size="1">  <span style="color:rgb(28,28,28);font-family:Roboto">|</span><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">   </font></font><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">@xercessociety on </font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/xercessociety/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">, </font><a href="https://www.instagram.com/xercessociety/?hl=en" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Instagram</span></a><font color="#000000" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/xercessociety.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a><br>Support our work: </font><a href="https://secure.qgiv.com/for/xerces" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Donate</span></a><font color="#000000" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">!</font></p></div></div></div></div></div>