Monarch butterfly numbers nearly double amid conservation policy debate

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There is hope for monarch butterflies after the population nearly doubled in 2025, according to a news release from Commissioner Sid Miller's office.

Miller said a survey that was released from the Wildlife Fund-Telmex Telcel Foundation Alliances (WWF) and the National Commission of Protected Natural Area in Mexico (CONANP) revealed "the population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres the previous winters."

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