Saving the monarch butterfly: the feds have an offer for private industry

A partnership can help ensure this important species is protected in cooperative agreements, rather than through forced regulation that can actually backfire.

Monarch butterflies' declining numbers stem from habitat destruction blamed on factors such as last year’s Texas drought and wildfires and

The last thing we need right now is for one of the beautiful things in life to continue to disappear.

That’s what’s been happening for years now to the monarch butterfly, with its numbers declining precipitously as habitat is lost and other factors threaten it.

We have some good news on this front that involves the kind of partnership between government and industry that can help ensure important species are protected in cooperative agreements rather than forced regulation that can actually backfire on preservation efforts.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the first national agreement of its kind that could see millions of acres preserved for monarch butterfly habitat by utilities, state transportation agencies, railroad companies and a number of other landowners. ......Full Story Here

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Fire ecology manipulation by California native cultures

Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, and ritual. Contemporary tribes continue to use fire to maintain desired habitat and natural resources. View the Original article

Monarch Butterflies – Their 1800 mile flight to freedom

Education Articles | June 11, 2006 The fall migration of Monarch butterflies is one of those fascinating natural mysteries to which human beings still do not have any answers. For centuries, the black and orange Monarchs have been great winter attractions in the Californian and Mexican regions. However, no one had any clue to this huge influx of Monarch butterflies in these regions. The fall migration of Monarch butterflies is one of those fascinating natural mysteries to which human beings still do not have any answers. For centuries, the black and orange Monarchs have been great winter attractions in the Californian and Mexican regions. However, no one had any clue to this huge influx of Monarch butterflies in these regions. In 1937, part of this mystery was unfolded through the attempts of a researcher named F. A. Urquhart; he began putting wing tags on the butterflies in order to track their origins and whereabouts. His endeavors bore results and it was brought to light that the ...

Butterflies' evolutionary responses to warmer temperatures may compromise their ability to adapt to future climate change

Members of the brown argus butterfly species that moved north in response to recent climate change have evolved a narrower diet dependent on wild Geranium plants, researchers report. However, butterflies that did not move north have more diverse diets, including plants such as Rockrose that are abundant in southern parts of the UK. View the Original article

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