The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to set a date to finalize federal protections for monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The monarch was proposed for protection in December 2024, making the final listing due in December 2025. “The Service must finalize monarchs’ protections from their threats, including and especially pesticides, which have been a major driver of their rapid decline,” said George Kimbrell, legal director at the Center for Food Safety and counsel in the case. “The Service’s duty is to protect monarchs not corporations.”
