here's the important comparison , this corresponds specifically to that one grove that sits in pacific grovegoes back to 19 $.97 a been keeping track. there were 50,000 butterflies in that one grove in 1997 and this year there is about 16,000. you can see is about to show up, that's last year's but the shoes will be next to it and this trend is undeniable so in the last 20 years or so, their populations have been plummeting, there's a lot of work going into why, development and loss of their habitat is a big one but the thing that has changed the most in the last 20 years has been the weather and the extreme swings in temperatures and there's a lot of research pointing to that being the likely most concerning aspect. if you care about monarch butterflies at all, the xerxes society is an organization you should know about, they are leading the cause and raising awareness and funding research and trying to get as much concern across the state as they can so check out their website and we will have more on this coming up in the coming weeks with the official numbers come out because that was ju

out of the woods. >> reporter: if we just look at that grove and this is the one that sits at pacific grove. the lation going ing records back to 1997. in that year in just that grove, there were 50,000 monarchs. this is back when we had millions of them in the state. you can clearly see the pattern. even though it's good news and we have rebounded this year, which is great considering we thought we were losing them forever. it's great for the last two years, a very hopeful sign, but we need to keep perspective. these numbers are still way down. and the loss of their habitat isn't changing and climate change is throwing more extremes their way. if this is something you're interested or concerned about, the organization you should know about is called the society, which they are spear for tear business. if there is anything for us to do. back to you. >> thanks. >>> after the break, white state is ending its guaranteed covid sick pay policy. that's next. >>> straight ahead on game day. one of the nfl's all-time biggest bund blunders benefits the raiders. warriors finally get a win without ste

. >> we visited the sanctuary in pacific grove. >> i have had them land on my hat.re here long enough you can see them. >> reporter: you have had them land on you like that before. oh, sure, he made that moment seem like no big deal but paul mary knows better than anybody else. having a monarch butterfly land on you has become an exceedingly rare privilege. >> in 1997 they first counted all of the western monarchs. there were 1.2 million. in 2020 there were less than 2000. >> reporter: if you do the math on the numbers, that is more than a 99% decline. it had a lot of experts concerned that by 2021, the western monarch would be extinct. >> how do you go from zero in 2020 to 13,004 last year? >> reporter: please tell us. >> lots of what be. >> reporter: that is not the whole story. it turns out the last two years the weather has been favorable for these guys. because of climate change, it is either way to warm or way too cold when they are not prepared. in addition to that we have destroyed most of their habitat. >> they are sort of a poster child for everything that

our meteorologist visited the monarch butterfly sanctuary in pacific grove to see how the count is shapingi have had them land on my hat. if you are here long enough you can see them. >> you have had them land on you like that before. >> oh, sure, he made that moment seem like no big deal but paul mary knows better than anybody else having the monarch butterfly land on you has become an exceedingly rare privilege. >> in 1997 when they first counted all of the western monarchs there were 1.2 million. then in 2020 there were less than 2000. >> if you do the math on the numbers that is more than a 99% decline. it had a lot of experts concerned that by 2021 the western monarch would be extinct. >> how do you go from zero in 2020 to 13,004 last year? >> please tell us. >> lots of what be. >> that is one obvious part. that is not the whole story. the last two years the weather has been favorable. because of climate change, it is either way to warm when they are not expecting it or way too cold when they are not prepared. in addition, we have destroyed most of their habitat. >> they are a poster

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