[Pollinator] Western Monarch Butterfly Population Declines to Near Record Low

[Isis Howard]

Following efforts by hundreds of volunteers and partners to count
overwintering monarch butterflies in California, the 28th annual Western
Monarch Count has reported a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies this
winter. This is the second lowest overwintering population ever recorded
since tracking began in 1997 and coincides with monarch butterflies
being proposed
for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
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Read the press announcement in English here:
https://xerces.org/press/western-monarch-butterfly-population-declines-to-near-record-low
and
in Spanish here:
https://xerces.org/press/la-poblacion-de-mariposas-monarca-occidentales-disminuye-hasta-alcanzar-un-minimo-casi


The Xerces Society invites you to join our public letter advocating for
strong federal protections for the monarch butterfly. Please take a moment
to add your name to our letter which we will submit with the names of all
co-signers to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
https://win.newmode.net/xerces-fws-monarch

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Isis Howard (she/her)
Conservation Biologist
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
503.212.0546 | isis.howard at xerces.org

xerces.org <https://www.xerces.org/>
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