Hello All,

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced, via the Federal
Register, the reopening of public comment periods for three proposed
listings:
1) The monarch butterfly (Seen locally)
2) Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee (Last seen in Oregon in 2016)
3) bleached sandhill skipper (Only in Humboldt Co., NV)

The 60-day comment period will be open from March 19 – May 19, 2025 to
allow the public additional time to comment on the proposals.

I think the monarch butterfly and Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee may be
of interest to you given their geographic range. The iconic monarch
butterfly is found throughout the lower continental United States,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee is endemic to portions of the Midwest,
West, Southwest (15 states), and Canada (11 Provinces).

Today the document can be found in the reading room:
https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current. To submit a
new written comment during the reopened 60-day comment period starting
tomorrow, please visit www.regulations.gov and search docket numbers:
FWS-R3-ES-2024-0137 (monarch butterfly) and FWS–R7–ES–2024–0117
(Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee).

Comments previously submitted need not be submitted again and will be
fully considered.

I will take a day or two to reconstruct my notes to make them more
current, and I will provide them if you would like a copy. Please drop
me a note if you have any questions or if you would like a copy of my
submission.

Thanks, hank

Hank Hohenstein, OFS
Land Steward
161 Osprey Vista
Shady Cove, OR 97539
Cell: 541-973-5442
hankhohenstein@gmail.com