"Count Finds Sharp Drop In Monarch Butterflies In California" [1]
"SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers with an environmental group have labeled as “disturbingly low” the number of western monarch butterflies that migrate along the California coast.
A recent count by the Xerces Society recorded fewer than 30,000 butterflies, which it said is an 86 percent decline since 2017.
By comparison, the group in 1981 counted more than 1 million western monarchs wintering in California, the San Francisco Chronicle reported."
Wildlife [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
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Source: AP [2], 01/08/2019