There were more than 1.2 million monarch butterflies wintering in CA in 1997.
January 23, 2020, 3:36 PMThe number of monarch butterflies wintering in California remains at a critically low level, according to a new study.The number of monarch butterflies wintering in California remains at a critically low level, according to a new study.count was 29,418, according a press release issued Thursday by the nonprofit, which focuses on conserving invertebrates.
This year's results came amid a greater survey effort and more volunteers visiting more sites, according to the nonprofit."We had hoped that the western monarch population would have rebounded at least modestly, but unfortunately it has not," Emma Pelton, the Xerces Society’s western monarch lead, said in a statement.
A monarch butterfly in Vista, Calif., Aug. 19, 2015. The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California's coast remained critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an environmental group released Jan. 23, 2020.In 1997 there were more than 1.2 million monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast."We can take heart that it's not too late to act," she said.
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