Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies

By TODD RICHMOND

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.

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