Bill > HJR0084

This resolution honors the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and Project Milkweed for their efforts to support monarch butterfly conservation. The resolution highlights the critical decline of monarch butterflies, which were recently added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species as Endangered, primarily due to the loss of milkweed—the butterfly's sole food source and habitat. In response to this environmental challenge, TDOT initiated Project Milkweed, a program that provides free milkweed seed packets to Tennessee residents, offering two native milkweed varieties: red milkweed and common milkweed. In 2023, TDOT distributed 780,000 seed packets, and in 2024, they continued the initiative during National Pollinator Week by offering 350,000 seed packets, with each packet containing twenty seeds and orders limited to three packets per person or household in Tennessee. The resolution commends TDOT for its sustainable approach to supporting pollinator species and helping to preserve the monarch butterfly population, recognizing the program as a significant contribution to environmental conservation in the state.

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