This proposed rule will help build on and enhance monarch conservation efforts while balancing activities in support of economic growth. With its notable orange and black markings, the monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable insects in the world. In North America, monarchs are grouped into two long-distance migratory populations.

Working in concert with state fish and wildlife agencies, these summits helped inform the Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy, a strategy that is critical to putting 1.3 billion milkweed stems in the ground and ultimately saving the monarch butterfly.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States have joined to produce the North American Monarch Conservation Plan (NAMCP), a long-term cooperative agenda to conserve the monarch butterfly and its unique migratory phenomenon.

In Mexico, where monarchs overwinter, International Programs works with nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, universities, and community organizations to restore habitats and involve local residents and educators in conservation activities. These efforts include projects in and around the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve as ...