Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly Listed as Endangered

Excerpt:  “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized listing the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Designation of critical habitat for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly will be proposed at a later date. ‘The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is among a group of pollinators – including bees, bats, and birds – experiencing serious declines across the country,’ said Amy Lueders, the Service’s Southwest Regional Director. ‘Protecting pollinators is vitally important to maintaining the natural mechanisms that sustain us and our world.'”

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