[PCA] NEWS: The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished

[Steve Erickson]

I notice that this person is peddling Buddliea davidii. While 
she does include a disclaimer about there being states she 
can’t ship to, she does not disclose why (the seriously 
invasive nature of this species). This lack of consciousness (or 
knowledge?) immediately makes me seriously question her 
arguments for why listing per the ESA would be bad for Monarchs. 
Note that she ignores that if listed, impacts to Monarchs would 
have to be addressed in the pesticide registration and renewal 
process. And a lawsuit requiring the same for approval of 
pesticide manufacturing GMOs would likely be successful. So, if 
the widespread planting of these GMOs is negatively impacting 
Monarchs, this will provide a legal mechanism to address that.

-Steve

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On 2/11/15 at 1:37 PM, SMITHCATH at ecu.edu (Smith, Catherine) wrote:

>Adding to the conversation. . . .
>
>For another perspective, read Rose Franklin's  "Plausible 
>Negative Consequences of Protecting the Monarch Under the 
>Endangered Specieis Act" at  www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm
>
>For a perspective on planting milkweed, read "Which Milkweed to 
>Plant for the Monarchs?" also at www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm
>Franklin is author of Fast Track Butterfly Gardening.  She 
>gardens for butterflies including monarchs in central Pennsylvania.
>
>Catherine F. Smith
>Spring Mills PA
>
>
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>[native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] on behalf 
>of Kwong, Olivia [okwong at blm.gov]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:39 AM
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>Subject: [PCA] NEWS: The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion 
>butterflies have    vanished
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/02/09/the-
>monarch-massacre-nearly-a-billion-butterflies-have-vanished/
>
>The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished
>By Darryl Fears
>February 9 at 4:47 PM
>The Washington Post
>
>Threatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all 
>the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is 
>nothing short of a massacre. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
>summed it up in just one grim statistic on Monday: Since 1990, 
>about 970 million have vanished.
>
>See the link above for the full article text.
>
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