[Pollinator] FW: USDA Launches New Conservation Effort to Help Monarch Butterflies

Thu Nov 12 11:05:04 PST 2015

USDA is launching a new conservation effort to help agricultural producers
provide food and habitat for monarch butterflies in the Midwest a

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USDA Launches New Conservation Effort to Aid Monarch Butterflies
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USDA is launching a new conservation effort to help agricultural producers
provide food and habitat for monarch butterflies
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in the Midwest and southern Great Plains. This targeted 10-state effort by
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will invest $4 million in 2016 to help combat the iconic species’ decline.

Monarch butterflies are known for their annual migration from central
Mexico to as far north as Canada. Their populations have declined
significantly over the past two decades. NRCS’ effort contributes to a
multi-agency, international strategy to increase the eastern population of
monarchs to 225 million by 2020.

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Learn more about monarch butterfly conservation efforts
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