The monarch butterfly is one of the most widely recognized and admired creatures native to North America.
The iconic critter, identified by its vibrant, sunset orange color and speckles of white dotting its black borders, has suffered significant population loss in recent decades. Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the
Critical to conserving the monarch butterfly is the protection of its food source: the milkweed plant, the availability of which has been diminished as a result of urbanization and agricultural intensification, the study says. As a result, states have focused on propagating milkweed plants to sustain monarch butterfly populations.
"They have a couple of breeding cycles they go through as they migrate throughout the continent, and the habitat that supports them throughout those stops are very important," Hall says., Hall notes that the inconsistencies in the different state approaches run counter to the broader effort—national and international—to conserve the species.
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