Monarch Butterfly Conservation Effort Surpasses 100 Partners Nationwide

The University of Illinois Chicago has reached a major milestone in its nationwide monarch conservation effort, with more than 100 energy and transportation partners now participating in a voluntary program to protect and enhance monarch butterfly habitat.

Approximately 1.3 million acres across 47 states are now being managed as monarch habitat through current partnership commitments that bring together industry, state agencies and government entities to address habitat loss on a national scale.

Monarch butterflies and other pollinators continue to face widespread habitat loss across much of their range. The Monarch CCAA leverages the massive footprint of energy and transportation rights-of-way and lands already maintained for infrastructure operations, such as land around power lines and along roadways, to support habitat creation and connectivity.