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Feds punt on listing monarch butterfly as an endangered species

Feds punt on listing monarch butterfly as an endangered species Updated Dec 15, 2020; 12 Ann Arbor s Leslie Golf Course works with Monarchs in the Rough to plant milkweed for endangered Monarch butterflies Facebook Share 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.

Monarch butterfly legal protections won t happen any time soon, feds say

Monarch butterfly legal protections won’t happen any time soon, feds say Scientists estimate the monarch population in the eastern U.S. has fallen about 80 percent since the mid-1990s.     Federal officials on Tuesday declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” 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. — Federal officials on Tuesday declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status, but said no action would be taken for several years because of the many other species awaiting that designation.

Trump administration punts on protections for monarch butterfly

© Getty Images The Trump administration on Tuesday declined to give the monarch butterfly protections for threatened species for now, but left the door open for protections in the future.  The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that adding the butterfly to the list of threatened and endangered species was “warranted” but that it is unable to do so because it needs to devote its resources to higher-priority species.  The FWS said that its “warranted-but-precluded” determination means that every year it will consider adding the butterfly to the list until it decides to propose listing it or determines that protections aren’t warranted. 

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