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Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US (apnews.com)

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the butterfly to the threatened species list by the end of next year following an extensive public comment period.

“The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America, captivating children and adults throughout its fascinating life cycle,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams said in a news release. “Despite its fragility, it is remarkably resilient, like many things in nature when we just give them a chance.”

The Endangered Species Act affords extensive protections to species the wildlife service lists as endangered or threatened. Under the act, it’s illegal to import, export, possess, transport or kill an endangered species. A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those protections.

In the monarch’s case, the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing or transporting the butterfly. People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for monarch caterpillars, from their gardens, backyards and fields but would be prohibited from making changes to the land that make it permanently unusable for the species. Incidental kills resulting from vehicle strikes would be allowed, people could continue to transport fewer than 250 monarchs and could continue to use them for educational purposes.

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[–] comador 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a monarch habitat in my yard here in So CA where I grow milkweed annually. I saw 4 today in my yard. They're not gone, but their habitats are declining.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SoCal here too. A few years ago, the local nursery was giving out milkweed for people to plant in their gardens. We did that, then a couple of years later they apologized because they had given out the wrong type of milkweed, and it was actually worse than not having it at all. Pretty fucked up. Anyway, we used to see a ton of them come through, the last couple of years it seems like I see a couple dozen or so at best.

[–] comador 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

San Diego? That happened here too lol. They gave out Tropical Milkweed mixed with wild flowers lol.

SoCal most common native milkweeds below with links inside to nurseries carrying it, plant in January:

California Milkweed:

https://calscape.org/Asclepias-californica-(California-Milkweed)

Showy Milkweed:

https://calscape.org/Asclepias-speciosa-(Showy-Milkweed)

Mexican Narrow Leaf Milkweed

https://calscape.org/Asclepias-fascicularis-(Narrow-Leaf-Milkweed)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I'm in northern OC. Along the route. I found this nursery, https://californianativeplants.com/, out on the Ortega Highway out of San Juan Capistrano and they have fantastic California natives and knowledgeable staff. They aren't on the list, but they had the correct varieties last time I hit them up. I don't own stock or anything, I just really like it, even though it's a bit of a drive for me. They've set me straight on several things I had been doing wrong.