MEXICO: Monarch butterfly flies through the Louisville area every year on their method from Canada to Mexico. An iconic flutter of orange and black that has taught generations of Americans about the biology of life cycles and metamorphosis, but now may be at risk of vanishing.
Monarch butterfly populations have plummeted so much that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now believe there might be reason to protect them under the Endangered Species Act.
Responding to a petition from butterfly advocates, the agency last week opened a “status review,” the first step in deciding whether monarchs should fall under the umbrella of one of the nation’s most powerful environmental laws.
“Everyone has been aware of how small the population is,” said Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity, one of three groups that petitioned for the review. “A couple of bad storms could really send the population into an irreversible decline.”
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