Nate Rott

Yeah, absolutely. And that's because, as you well know, Emily, monarch populations here on the West Coast and pretty much like everywhere in North America have plummeted over the last few decades. And that's because of three big reasons. Habitat loss, the loss of overwintering sites and milkweed habitat, milkweed being the plant that they depend on. The second one is pesticide use.

Yeah, absolutely. And that's because, as you well know, Emily, monarch populations here on the West Coast and pretty much like everywhere in North America have plummeted over the last few decades. And that's because of three big reasons. Habitat loss, the loss of overwintering sites and milkweed habitat, milkweed being the plant that they depend on. The second one is pesticide use.

Yeah, absolutely. And that's because, as you well know, Emily, monarch populations here on the West Coast and pretty much like everywhere in North America have plummeted over the last few decades. And that's because of three big reasons. Habitat loss, the loss of overwintering sites and milkweed habitat, milkweed being the plant that they depend on. The second one is pesticide use.

And the third is climate change, warming up the places that monarchs depend on for winter. So in 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which is like, you know, the world's clearinghouse for the species at risk of extinction, put monarch butterflies on their so-called red list as threatened.

And the third is climate change, warming up the places that monarchs depend on for winter. So in 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which is like, you know, the world's clearinghouse for the species at risk of extinction, put monarch butterflies on their so-called red list as threatened.

And the third is climate change, warming up the places that monarchs depend on for winter. So in 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which is like, you know, the world's clearinghouse for the species at risk of extinction, put monarch butterflies on their so-called red list as threatened.

Right. Through all of these like really creative approaches. Right.

Right. Through all of these like really creative approaches. Right.

Right. Through all of these like really creative approaches. Right.

Whoa, so if monarchs can one day discover these new sites, they might have a fighting chance on a warming planet. Similar work has been done in Idaho and British Columbia.

Whoa, so if monarchs can one day discover these new sites, they might have a fighting chance on a warming planet. Similar work has been done in Idaho and British Columbia.

Whoa, so if monarchs can one day discover these new sites, they might have a fighting chance on a warming planet. Similar work has been done in Idaho and British Columbia.

There's all sorts of big conservation efforts that are currently ongoing in the U.S., but there's one big thing that you should really be thinking about with monarchs as we enter the next couple of months. Okay. The monarch butterfly, while it is listed internationally as vulnerable, it is not listed in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act. Soon, that might change.

There's all sorts of big conservation efforts that are currently ongoing in the U.S., but there's one big thing that you should really be thinking about with monarchs as we enter the next couple of months. Okay. The monarch butterfly, while it is listed internationally as vulnerable, it is not listed in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act. Soon, that might change.

There's all sorts of big conservation efforts that are currently ongoing in the U.S., but there's one big thing that you should really be thinking about with monarchs as we enter the next couple of months. Okay. The monarch butterfly, while it is listed internationally as vulnerable, it is not listed in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act. Soon, that might change.

In early December, the Fish and Wildlife Service is going to make a proposed determination, which is very official language, about whether the monarch butterfly should be listed as threatened or endangered, which is complicated and interesting in like so, so, so many ways.

In early December, the Fish and Wildlife Service is going to make a proposed determination, which is very official language, about whether the monarch butterfly should be listed as threatened or endangered, which is complicated and interesting in like so, so, so many ways.

In early December, the Fish and Wildlife Service is going to make a proposed determination, which is very official language, about whether the monarch butterfly should be listed as threatened or endangered, which is complicated and interesting in like so, so, so many ways.

Pun excused. And we look at the challenge of protecting a species that's habitat could be your backyard.

Pun excused. And we look at the challenge of protecting a species that's habitat could be your backyard.