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For years, people flocked to California s central coast from October to February to observe thousands of monarch butterflies.
Recently, California State Parks released a draft of its 900-page Public Works Plan. The plan could affect Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area and Pismo State Beach in a myriad of ways if accepted, especially when it comes to the Monarch Butterfly Grove.
Before last year, the Pismo Beach butterfly grove was one of only five sites in California that saw over 10,000 butterflies yearly, as they sought shelter from northern winters, according to the Conference & Visitors Bureau of Pismo Beach.
The Pismo Beach colony is one of the largest in the nation and is run by state parks. In 1990, there were more than 230,000 monarchs counted.
Electric bikes draw Wallingford entrepreneur out of retirement
Electric bikes draw Wallingford entrepreneur out of retirement
Joseph Derhovanesian, of Bad Boyz Electro Cycles in Wallingford, shows off a custom-made bike that can travel 35 to 40 miles on a single charge depending on the pedal assist from the rider. Advertisement
A digital display on one of the electric bikes.
Joe Derhovanesian shows off a custom bike made at his business Bad Boyz Electro Cycles in Wallingford. He manufactures and sells the electro cycles worldwide.
Decorative chrome tale pipes on the Chopper Cruiser Electro Cycle custom made by Joe Derhovanesian from his business, Bad Boyz Electro Cycles in Wallingford. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
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Two Monarch Butterflies on the ground at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. The population of Monarch Butteflies has dropped to alarmingly low levels this year.
PISMO BEACH, Calif. - The number of Monarch Butterflies has dropped precipitously this year, prompting Congressman Salud Carbajal along with Congressman Jimmy Panetta and Senator Jeff Merkley to write the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to express their concern about the decision to not list the butterfly under the Endangered Species Act.
Grover Beach Resident Laura Ochoa agrees. She comes to the Monarch Butterfly Grove in Pismo Beach regularly and sees the lower numbers firsthand.
When rioters breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, setting off a day of disturbing chaos, the Central Coast’s Congressman, Jimmy Panetta, was in his office