New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 11-0541. Monarch preservation plan

1. restoring or revegetating monarch caterpillar habitat using regionally or locally appropriate native milkweed species and native nectar plant species;

2. controlling nonnative weed species that threaten native milkweed species, and controlling pests and disease, using current best management practices consistent with integrated pest management principles that pose low risk to monarch butterflies and their habitat;

3. identifying alternatives to pest management practices that may be harmful to monarch butterflies, their food or their habitat, including but not limited to alternatives to the use of pesticides that may cause such harm;

4. incorporating diverse tree species, structures, and arrangements when restoring or establishing winter habitat sites to match monarch butterfly preferences for temperature, light, moisture, wind, and other microclimate characteristics;  and

5. increasing the number of partnerships and making the most of partnerships to use residential and institutional landscaped areas, agricultural lands that are not in active production, transportation corridors, and conservation easements to create, restore, or enhance monarch butterfly habitat.