They re back! Thousands of Monarch Butterflies have been counted on the Central and South Coasts kclu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kclu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last year, when just 200 Western monarch butterflies came from their northerly trip in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove, park authorities thought the endangered species might be extinct shortly.
Congressman Carbajal and other lawmakers call for protection of declining monarch butterfly population
and last updated 2021-02-08 14:00:20-05
Western monarch butterfly totals in North America have been on the decline and have hit critically low levels, and now lawmakers are urging to protect them from going extinct.
Congressman Salud Carbajal and several other lawmakers recently wrote a letter to the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service urging the protection of monarch butterflies.
In the letter it is written in part: This essential pollinator faces growing threats from the loss of milkweed and habitat, global climate change, and disease. The most recent annual population counts show a decline of 85% for the eastern U.S. population that overwinters in Mexico and a decline of 99.9% for monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains, which overwinter in California.