John Flesher, Associated Press
Monarch Watch s annual monarch butterfly tagging event is held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, on the site of a wetland restoration project on the east side of Clinton Lake.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. The monarch butterfly will have to wait several years more to receive protection under the Endangered Species Act despite its declining population.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider the black-and-orange butterfly, once a common sight in backyard gardens, meadows and other landscapes, a “candidate” for designation as threatened or endangered, officials told The Associated Press ahead of an official announcement Tuesday. But there are other species in line ahead of it.
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