Category: National Wildlife Federation

Monarch Butterflies Making Small Comeback Despite Cold Weather, Torrential Rains

PISMO BEACH, Calif.—The monarch butterflies danced like red autumn leaves in the breeze among the treetops high above California’s Pismo Beach Monarch Garden Grove on Jan. 18. It took a lot of work to spot them huddled in two large clusters hidden within the tall eucalyptus, basking in the late afternoon sun. The monarchs had…


Conservation Panelists See Bipartisan Wildlife Bill as Tool to Preserve Threatened Species

ConservAmerica hosted a webinar Oct. 12 to discuss the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), which would add nearly $1.4 billion in funding to wildlife conservation-related programs, helping to keep species off the endangered species list. It would provide $1.3 billion per year to a new ‘Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount,’ supplementing, but not replacing,…