A monarch butterfly at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa. SANTA CRUZ, California (November 20, 2017) -- A monarch butterfly at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The Fish and Wildlife Service, The Xerces Society, and Groundswell Coastal Ecology have released a western monarch overwintering site management plan designed to provide customizable best practices to land managers with tree groves that host overwintering western monarch butterflies.

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