Bill Would Provide $25 Million To Preserve Monarch Butterfly

A new bill in Congress would provide $25 million a year to protect the declining western population of monarch butterflies from extinction.

This monarch population is found primarily in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

The measure would create the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund to support new conservation projects as well as the existing Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan.

The Center for Biological Diversity says the butterfly population in the area is “on the brink of collapse.”