Monarch Endangered Species Act Proposal: What the agriculture community should know

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species with species specific protections and flexibilities to encourage conservation under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. The prohibitions and exceptions in the proposed rule affect monarch butterflies only in the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, the monarch’s historic range.
This fact sheet shares what the agriculture community should know about the proposal to list the monarch butterfly.