Feds punt on listing monarch butterfly as an endangered species
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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Ann Arbor s Leslie Golf Course works with Monarchs in the Rough to plant milkweed for endangered Monarch butterflies
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WASHINGTON, DC The Trump administration has decided not to extend Endangered Species Act protections to the iconic and beloved monarch butterfly despite dwindling population counts across North America.
In a Dec. 15 announcement, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) said other “higher-priority listing actions” preclude designating the monarch as threatened or endangered, but the butterfly will become a “candidate” for future listing.
The wildlife service says the butterfly’s status would be reviewed annually but the agency “does not have enough resources to complete the listing.” The monarch does not receive legal protections in the meantime.
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Scientists estimate the monarch population in the eastern U.S. has fallen about 80 percent since the mid-1990s.
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Federal officials on Tuesday declared the monarch butterfly âa candidateâ for threatened or endangered status, but said no action would be taken for several years because of the many other species awaiting that designation. [ CAROLYN KASTER | AP ]
Updated Dec. 16, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. â Federal officials on Tuesday declared the monarch butterfly âa candidateâ for threatened or endangered status, but said no action would be taken for several years because of the many other species awaiting that designation.