New York A09436 amends the monarch preservation plan to find alternatives to pesticides and allow non-active agricultural lands to enhance monarch.

New York A09436 amends the environmental conservation law to modify the monarch preservation plan. It identifies alternatives to pest management practices that may harm monarch butterflies, their food, or their habitat. The bill also increases partnerships to use residential and institutional landscaped areas, non-active agricultural lands, transportation corridors, and conservation easements to create, restore, or enhance monarch butterfly habitat. The changes take effect on the same date as the 2025 laws amending the environmental conservation law relating to the monarch preservation plan.

New York A09436 amends the monarch preservation plan to find alternatives to pesticides and allow non-active agricultural lands to enhance monarch.

New York A09436 amends the environmental conservation law to modify the monarch preservation plan. It identifies alternatives to pest management practices that may harm monarch butterflies, their food, or their habitat. The bill also increases partnerships to use residential and institutional landscaped areas, non-active agricultural lands, transportation corridors, and conservation easements to create, restore, or enhance monarch butterfly habitat. The changes take effect on the same date as the 2025 laws amending the environmental conservation law relating to the monarch preservation plan.