Washington, D.C. — The 2019 eastern monarch overwintering population numbers recently announced by the Mexican government through the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve and the World Wildlife Fund present us with a grim reality: monarch populations remain critically low. The good news however, is that last year’s population was large enough to allow this drop without moving the species to even lower numbers — like the ones reported in 2014. This has been made possible by the continuing aggressive conservation efforts of hundreds of citizens, volunteers and conservationists in North America, which are imperative if we want to see an improvement in the numbers.
“The eastern monarch butterfly populations are in serious trouble,” said Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. “If we want our kids and future generations to witness and experience this iconic species, we must immediately create more habitat for monarch butterflies — and that starts at home by planting regionally-appropriate native milkweed and nectar plants where we live, work, play, and worship. We urge all elected officials to take the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and commit to restoring monarch habitat in their community.”
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