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Have you seen a monarch butterfly lately? 🦋 Monarchs' dwindling western populations face real extinction risks. Wildlife Action Plans help states, landowners, and others coordinate on solutions — and monarchs need all hands on deck. #MonarchButterflies #WildlifeActionPlan

With their weird daytime schedule & nests on the ground, short-eared owls think they’re sooo special ✨🦉And they are! That's why State Wildlife Action Plans — which help coordinate efforts to save short ears & their grassland homes — are so critical. #WildlifeActionPlans

[CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS NOTE BEFORE POSTING] Bobwhite quail, once common, are vanishing. Their numbers have plunged by up to 85% since the 1960s. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan — a 10-year conservation blueprints [STATE] will update this fall — is critical for saving species like this “prince of game birds.”

[CUSTOMIZE FOR YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING] Though they're bright yellow, western meadowlarks are getting harder to spot: 50% have been lost since 1970. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan lists meadowlarks as a priority — and contains crucial strategies for restoring their grassland homes. #Meadowlarks #WildlifeActionPlan

Once listed as an at-risk species, now living their best lives. Swift foxes are making a comeback thanks to State Wildlife Action Plans — the most important conservation blueprints you’ve never heard of. #SwiftFox #WildlifeActionPlan

The westslope cutthroat trout, a subspecies native to Montana, were once abundant west of the Continental Divide. However, habitat loss and degradation, and hybridization with rainbow and Yellowstone cutthroat trout, have threatened this iconic subspecies. Montana has listed the fish as a priority species in their Wildlife Action Plan — the most important conservation blueprint you’ve never heard of. These little-known but critical conservation plans detail strategies to recover imperiled species like the westslope cutthroat trout, helping to guide restoration efforts and prevent listings under the Endangered Species Act. Photo Credit: Jim Mogen/USFWS #WestslopeCutthroatTrout #WildlifeActionPlan

Fluffy but fierce! Canada lynx, once nearly wiped out, are making a comeback thanks to state conservation efforts. Learn how Wildlife Action Plans are helping these elusive cats & other at-risk species! #CanadaLynx #WildlifeActionPlan

State Wildlife Action Plans are essential to protecting at-risk species like the Nokomis silverspot butterfly 🦋 These butterflies are only found in ten places across Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Photo Credit: Terry Ireland/USFWS #NationalWildlifeWeek