2/4/2025
- Steve Peterson
- Feb 4, 2025
- 1 min read
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as federal officials move to extend protections. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation surveys overwintering sites along the California coast, northern Baja California and inland sites in California and Arizona. This year the organization counted the second-lowest total since tracking began in 1997. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began the process of listing monarchs as threatened in December.
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