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Hundreds of orange and black monarch butterflies fly upwards against a clear light blue sky. A dark green tree branch with some orange-colored leaves extends from the upper right corner, with many butterflies near and around it.
Environment

The Grower’s Side of the Monarch Crisis: What 35 Years of Growing Milkweed Taught Me About Why It’s Disappearing

I have grown milkweed at commercial scale for 35 years. My family has been in the nursery business since 1959, and our farm in Tennessee sits in the middle of the eastern monarch migration corridor. I have watched this crisis unfold from the field, not from a research station or a policy desk, but from the rows where the plants come out of the ground.
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October 8, 2026 No Comments
Press Release

Bipartisan Group of Former Agency Heads Warns Endangered Species Act Rewrite Would Greenlight Habitat Destruction, Accelerate Extinction

Seven former officials from Republican and Democratic administrations oppose action that would strip habitat destruction from the law’s definition of harm.
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September 10, 2026 No Comments
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Press Release

Following Endangered Species Day, Hundreds Rally Across the Country Against “God Squad” Exemption Shielding Oil and Gas from Endangered Species Act 

Coordinated demonstrations across Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Massachusetts, and California oppose sweeping rollback threatening marine life in the Gulf

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May 18, 2026 No Comments