Items Tagged with 'Xerces Society'

A top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee says he’s glad to see the panel’s Democrats laying out their priorities.

A growing initiative encourages the public to delay spring mowing to allow plants to bloom, providing habitat and food sources for early-season pollinators.

The Xerces Society New Year’s report shows a greater-than-average western monarch population decline, bringing the population to approximately 116,758 monarchs.

Two environmental groups sued the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Tuesday over its program allowing insecticide spraying on millions of acres in 17 western states.

The National Wildlife Federation and Xerces Society are celebrating a dramatic rebound in the number of western monarch butterflies, but call for more work to be done.