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Last year more than 330,000 monarch butterflies were counted overwintering along the California Coast. In 2019, researchers witnessed fewer than 2,000. With more data fluttering in from this year’s annual Xerces Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count, Xerces has already counted 100,000 monarch butterflies overwintering this year.
Local lawmakers are hoping to get a big chunk of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to reduce pollution at the Port of San Diego and surrounding communities. Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Corps. opened an inquiry last week into whether Victor Krvaric, a Marine reservist and son of former San Diego County GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric, had applied to be a member of a white supremacist group. Plus, is the Monarch butterfly really making a comeback in California?
Among the possible reasons for a fluctuation in monarch populations, experts look to changes in climate, varying from rising temperatures to the current drought.