Proposed listing for the monarch butterfly
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Niva, Liisa M
Dec 10, 2024, 3:00:32 PM12/10/24
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Dear County Commissioners,
Tomorrow, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will announce 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. We are
also proposing to designate critical habitat at the overwintering grounds in California.
Under the Endangered Species Act, our agency has flexibilities to tailor protections for threatened species to prevent the further decline of the species and facilitate recovery. Our proposed 4(d) rule incentivizes proactive conservation efforts and allows
actions that have beneficial or minimal impacts to monarchs and that do not threaten the species’ overall population.
This is a proposed threatened designation for the monarch butterfly, and the monarch butterfly does not have federal protections at this time. Through March 2025, we are gathering input through a 90-day public comment period and encourage the submission of
any new information. We will review these comments and then we will ultimately issue a final rule. If listed, protections would only go into place after the final rule is published.
The proposal to list the monarch butterfly and designate critical habitat will appear in the Federal Register on December 12, 2024. The entire proposed rule package can be found on
https://www.regulations.gov/ by searching docket number FWS-R3-ES-2024-0137.
We will be hosting a virtual presentation for stakeholders to go over the proposal and take questions on Friday, December 13, at 1:00 pm MT / 3:00 pm ET.
Follow
this link to join us.
For frequently asked questions about this proposal and additional information on the monarch butterfly, visit
fws.gov/monarch
Sincerely,
Liisa
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Field Office Supervisor || Colorado Ecological Services Field Office || U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service || Denver, CO
Mobile (calls & texts): 303/905-4543
Daylan Figgs
Dec 13, 2024, 3:29:40 PM12/13/24
to John Kefalas
Thank you and I am glad to see the USFWS considering this listing
Daylan
On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 10:34 AM John Kefalas <kefa...@co.larimer.co.us> wrote:
FYI Daylan. Thanks.
John Kefalas (he/him)
County Commissioner, District 1
Commissioners' Office
200 W Oak St | 2nd Floor
PO Box 1190, Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190
Cell: (720) 254-7598
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