Download - Monarch 12-Month Finding Presentation - FWS
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Overview
• Monarch butterfly background
• Monarch petition and listing process
• Species Status Assessment
• Next steps
• Questions
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Monarch range in North America
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Monarch populations
Eastern
Western
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Petition (2014)90-day
substantive (2014)
Status assessment (2016 -2020)
12-month finding Federal
Register (December 15,
2020)
Monarch petition process
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Species Status Assessment
Uses best available scientific information to:
• Identify species needs
• Assess information on status, threats and conservation efforts
• Project future status
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Monarch Species Status Assessment
Primary influences:
• Availability of milkweed and nectar resources
• Availability and quality of overwintering habitat
• Insecticide exposure
• Climate change
• Conservation efforts
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Monarch Conservation Database
Totals
Conservation efforts 48,812
Acres 5,635,992
Estimated milkweed stems 491,166,752
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Possible 12-month findings
• Warranted: propose to list as endangered or threatened, with public comment period
• Not warranted: process is complete, and monarch would not be proposed for listing
• Warranted but precluded: warrants listing but proposal precluded by higher priority listing actions
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Next steps
• Monarch is a candidate
• National Listing Workplan – Fiscal year 2024
• Annually reviewed
• Conservation efforts continue
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