http://bit.ly/2AbEv8g With 86% Drop, California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low Butterflies and Moths, Forests and Forestry, Endangered and Extinct Species The monarchs’ declining wintertime numbers are “potentially catastrophic,” according to the nonprofit conservation group that conducted the count. LAURA M. HOLSON http://bit.ly/2VHAWjc January 9, 2019 at 05:30AM