December 10, 2024By Ari Plachta
The federal government has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a step aimed at reversing the species’ steep population decline, particularly in California. At River Partners, we’re doing our part, as we planted 30,000 milkweeds and other flowering native species across 600 acres in eight areas statewide, in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Xerces Society.
Recovery is do-able. There’s actions we can be doing to move this species forward. But the time is now. If there’s any more decline, you can start seeing too much loss and then it’s hard to recover from that point.
River Partners Restoration Ecologist Haley Mirts
