The fallout that could result from the monarch becoming a threatened or endangered species could be substantial; plans underway to guide conservation efforts.

 

Illinois agriculture needs to act before monarch butterflies join a national list of threatened and endangered species, according to Lyndsey Ramsey, Illinois Farm Bureau associate director of natural and environmental resources.

 

Illinois is developing two monarch strategies. One will become part of a multistate monarch flyway plan, which will be submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife; the other will be an Illinois plan to guide conservation efforts and be in place should monarchs become a threatened or endangered species.

 

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