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December 10, 2024

The Fish and Wildlife Service protects the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act as threatened

November 25, 2024

Building on a Decade of Monarch Conservation

National Wildlife Federation is poised to increase habitat and awareness on the plight of this important species.
November 25, 2024

Approximately 2,000 Mayors and other local and tribal government chief executives will have taken the Mayors Monarch Pledge by 2025.

Celebrate the impact these leaders have made over a decade.
November 25, 2024

Monarch Migration Timed to Mexico’s Day of the Dead

In Mexico, where monarchs end their migration around Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, the butterflies symbolize departed loved ones and hope for conservation success.
June 23, 2023

Pollinator-Friendly Plant Labeling Bill Supports Nurseries, Consumers, Butterflies, Wildlife

Senator Jeff Merkely’s (D-Ore.) pollinator-friendly plant labeling bill will give consumers a reliable way to ensure they are helping butterflies and many other pollinators.
March 17, 2023

Monarch Act Provides Critical Resources for the Protection of Western Migratory Monarchs and other Pollinators

The Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act (Monarch Act) invests in the conservation and recovery of the threatened western migratory monarch and other native pollinators that are vital to healthy ecosystems, biodiversity and our nation’s food supply.
March 6, 2023

Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2021

As the western monarch population edges closer to extinction, these butterflies need the resources that the Monarch Act will provide to support restoration of their habitats and recovery of their population.
January 31, 2023

Latest Count of Western Monarch Butterfly Highlights Steep Toll of Climate-Fueled Disasters

The Western population of the migratory monarch butterfly has seen a slight increase due to collaborative conservation efforts, but extreme weather events and the continued impacts of the climate crisis continue to threaten this iconic species.
May 31, 2022

Help Restore Monarch Populations

Plant native milkweed and native nectar plants that will support monarch caterpillars and monarch adults.