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Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
The Trump administration delays final monarch butterfly protections, citing a science-based and voluntary conservation approach amid a 57% to 95% extinction risk by 2080, experts say.
- The Trump administration delayed a decision to add monarch butterflies to the threatened species list, despite warnings of declining populations.
- The Fish and Wildlife Service called the butterfly iconic and cherished, and had planned to list it as threatened by the end of 2025.
- Conservation groups have pushed for federal protections for the butterfly since 2014 and sued the agency to force a listing decision.
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Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely. The U.S.
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