The Monarchs have begun their flight south for the winter – to the center of tropical Mexico. But the numbers this year are fewer than ever before, due to decreasing food sources and other environmental pressures. Several studies estimate that 90 percent of the Monarch population have vanished in the last 20 years.
New Jersey legislators are now looking to make New Jersey a kind of roadside pitstop for the declining populations along their 2,800-mile route, with a group of bills which would roll out the red carpet for the insects.
“Monarchs are one of our most visible and . . .
