IL HR0579

Urges the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Department of Agriculture to increase conservation efforts for pollinator species

Requests delaying seasonal cutting of milkweed and other pollinator enhancement plants along Illinois waterways until August to protect pollinators

Acknowledges pollinator species including butterflies, bumblebees, beetles, and birds are declining globally due to habitat loss, weather trends, and changing plant life cycles

Highlights the Monarch Butterfly as a key Illinois pollinator whose young depend on milkweed plants found across prairies, meadows, wetlands, and woodlands

Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to Director Natalie Phelps Finnie of IDNR and Director Jerry Costello II of the Department of Agriculture