Merkley: Proposed Federal Rule is Lifesaving for Monarch Butterflies
December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a long-time leader in the fight to revive the population of the iconic Western Monarch butterfly--today issued the following statement after the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as 'threatened' under the Endangered Species Act (ESA):
"Our monarchs are in grave d . . .
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a long-time leader in the fight to revive the population of the iconic Western Monarch butterfly--today issued the following statement after the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as 'threatened' under the Endangered Species Act (ESA):
"Our monarchs are in grave d . . .