Conservation Wildlife & Energy Interaction Symposium Monarch - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Monarch and Pollinator Conservation Wildlife & Energy Interaction Symposium

Monarch Life Cycle

Spring Migration

Fall Migration

Mexican Overwintering Sites

Eastern Population Trends Eastern Monarch Numbers 20 18.19 18 16 Overwintering Area Occupied 14 by Monarchs (hectares) 12.61 12 11.12 10 9.35 9.05 7.81 7.54 8 6.87 6.05 5.92 5.775.56 6 4.615.06 4.02 4.01 4 2.89 2.912.48 2.83 2.19 1.92 2 1.19 0.67 1.13 0 Winter Season Garcia-Serrano et al. 2004, Rendón-Salinas et al. 2015, World Wildlife Fund 2016

Western Population Trends Xerces Society 2019

Milkweed ( Asclepias spp.) Flickr users brettwhaley ( A. tuberosa and A. verticillata ), CameliaTWU ( A. asperula ), usfwsmidwest ( A. incarnata ),

Nectaring

Monarchs as a Flagship • Engage everyone in science and conservation • Conservation of monarchs helps other pollinators

Pollinators of Interest • FWS Listing-Workplan: • https://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we- do/listing-workplan.html

Frosted Elfin

Yellow Banded Bumblebee courtesy of Sandy Gillians/Creative Commons

Regal Fritillary

Candidate Candidate Policy Regarding Safe Harbor Habitat Conservation Conservation Conservation Voluntary Agreement Conservation Banks Agreements Agreements Prelisting s (SHA) Plan (HCP) with Assurances (CCA) Conservation (CCAA) Purpose Preclude listing Preclude Preclude listing Recover Conserve Conserve by addressing listing by and prevent species by species by species by key threats addressing future decline by addressing offsetting permanently key threats proactive key threats impacts and protecting conservation supporting important partner activities habitat and supporting mitigation for partner activities Participants Non-federal Anyone Anyone Non-federal Non-federal Anyone Species Species at-risk Species at- Species at-risk ESA-listed ESA-listed and ESA-listed and risk species at-risk species at-risk Assurances Would not be None Credit-buyer Would not Would not be Credit-buyer to asked to do receives be required required to receives signatories more than documented to implement documented agreed to in the credit for their implement additional credit for their CCAA, even if investment if additional actions beyond investment covered species species becomes actions HCP is listed listed beyond SHA

What is a CCAA? > Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) are: – voluntary agreements that provide conservation for a species that in the future may be listed, – provide net conservation benefit to covered species and address all key threats under property owners’ control (manageable threats), and – Assurances that USFWS will not require additional conservation measures or restrictions (beyond those described in the CCAA) if the species becomes listed

Monarch Listing Determination • New Deadline: December 15, 2020 • Possible determinations: – Not warranted; – Warranted, and threatened, or endangered – Warranted, but precluded (candidate)

Conservation efforts matter more than ever!

CCAAs and the Nationwide Monarch Agreement

What can you do? • Plant milkweed and native nectar plants • Different species of milkweed grow in various areas • Have nectar available through the entire season

Our efforts will be worthwhile! • Monarchs exist in both disturbed and pristine habitats that are shared with many pollinators • Monarchs are interesting organisms from which we still have a lot to learn • Monarch migration is unparalleled!