Kansas City Southern (KCS), Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE:
CP), GATX (NYSE: GATX), Monterrey Metropolitan Rotary Club (Rotary)
and NASCO today announced the launch of the Save the Monarch
Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge North American Boxcar Tour to raise
$100,000 USD. The funds raised will be used to plant 60,000 oyamel
trees at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Michoacán,
Mexico to help reestablish the monarch population. This past week,
the Monarch Mariposa Boxcar rolled out of the GATX shop in Hearne,
Texas.
Monarch butterflies are among the most recognizable butterfly
species in North America. In addition to being an international
symbol of the environment, monarch butterflies contribute to the
health of the planet. Pollinators are critical to global food
security and healthy natural ecosystems, but they’re disappearing
at an alarming rate. Beloved across its trinational North American
range, the iconic monarch has only a 10 percent chance of
persisting above the extinction threshold over the next 30 years.
The time is now to protect monarchs and their incredible 3,000-mile
migration.
Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature
red-listed the migratory monarch as endangered, placing it just two
steps from extinction. While this listing is not the same as a
listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, it is another loud
call to action that an all-hands-on-deck approach for monarch and
pollinator conservation is needed.
In support of the 60,000 Tree Challenge, a crowd-funding QR code
is featured on the side of the boxcar. Starting this fall, the
boxcar will stop at events in Windsor, Ont.; Chicago; Kansas City,
Mo.; Laredo, Texas; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon;
San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.; Morelia, Michoacán; and end at the El
Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. In coordination with local
Rotary clubs, these events will generate awareness and raise funds
to help save the butterfly. This innovative environmental project
is an example of the commitment of the sponsoring organizations to
sustainability.
Monarchs appear to use a combination of air currents, the
magnetic pull of the earth and the position of the sun, among other
guides, to find their way south to Michoacán, Mexico for the winter
and to the United States and Canada for the summer. Monarchs only
travel during the day and need to find a roost at night, where they
gather at waystations to rest, refuel, breed, and lay eggs along
the way. Many of these locations are used year after year.
Although the oyamel forests in Mexico are recognized as
important to monarch butterflies, deforestation and climate change
over decades have fragmented the habitat. The disappearance of the
oyamel forest affects the monarch butterfly and the local
communities that rely on the forest for their livelihoods, water,
healthy soil and erosion control.
The monarch butterfly represents North American unity. Its
migration path closely follows the CP and KCS networks, putting the
two companies in a unique position to help. In December 2021, KCS
was acquired by CP in a $31 billion transaction. Immediately
following the acquisition, KCS was placed in trust and will
continue to operate independently pending merger approval by the
U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB). If the two railroads
receive STB approval, they will be combined, forming the first
truly North American railroad, which will be called Canadian
Pacific Kansas City.
“KCS is proud to work in partnership with CP, GATX, Rotary and
NASCO to drive the 60,000 Tree Challenge,” said KCS President and
CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “In addition, we are installing
waystations throughout our U.S.-Mexico network in support of
monarch conservation.”
“The CP and KCS networks align with the Monarch’s annual
migration route, providing us with a unique opportunity to help
protect and restore critical habitat,” said CP President and CEO
Keith Creel. “CP is very happy to join with KCS, GATX, Rotary and
NASCO to support and promote the recovery of the monarch
butterfly.”
“As the largest global railcar lessor and one of the largest
boxcar owners in North America, GATX was thrilled to help produce a
custom designed boxcar to celebrate and raise awareness of the
journey of the monarch butterfly in addition to making a financial
contribution to support the 60,000 Tree Challenge," said Robert C.
Lyons, President and CEO of GATX. “We are proud to join forces on
this innovative environmental initiative.”
“Rotarians throughout North America are honored to join forces
with CP, KCS, GATX and NASCO to regenerate vital pollinator habitat
from Windsor to Michoacán. The biological corridor of the monarch
butterfly has been fragmented by global warming, deforestation,
urbanization and excessive pesticide use. At each stop of the GATX
boxcar, local Rotarians will sign a pollinator pledge highlighting
actions that will be implemented to protect monarch and other
pollinators throughout North America,” said Alex Rechy, President
of the Monterrey Metropolitan Rotary club.
Rotarian Chris Stein, who manages the Operation Pollination
environmental framework, said, “If managed with pollinators in
mind, privately owned green spaces throughout North America can be
important nectar feeding areas and migration corridors for
pollinators. Any company that embraces the philosophy that making
money and protecting the environment can go hand-in-hand,
understands that we must work together now to be able to leave a
healthy planet for our children. The vision behind this creative
Monarch Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge tour epitomizes how
business and the environment can work together for a better
planet.”
“NASCO is proud and honored to be part of this international
effort to save the iconic symbol of North America – the monarch
butterfly. We have educated and engaged our continental network to
support local events and fundraising efforts and to plant Monarch
habitats along their North American migration routes. We commend
KCS, CP, GATX and Rotary for leading this effort – the Monarch
Butterfly Challenge is vitally important to our North American
region,” said Tiffany Melvin, President of NASCO.
About KCS Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a
transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the
U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas
City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and
south-central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City
Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central
Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and
Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway
Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service
along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and
strategic alliances with other North American rail partners are
primary components of a unique railway system, linking the
commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Visit www.kcsouthern.com for more information.
About CP CP is a transcontinental railway in Canada and
the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and
east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive
rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the
globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of
freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply
chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP.
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About GATX At GATX Corporation, we empower our customers
to propel the world forward. GATX leases transportation assets
including rail-cars, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to
customers worldwide. Our mission is to provide innovative,
unparalleled service that enables our customers to transport what
matters safely and sustainably while championing the well-being of
our employees and communities. GATX has been headquartered in
Chicago, Ill. since its founding in 1898. Visit www.gatx.com for
more information.
About Rotary Rotary brings together a global network of
volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing
humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.4 million members of
more than 46,000 Rotary and Rotaract clubs in over 200 countries
and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local
and international levels, from those in need in their own
communities to working toward a polio-free world. Visit
www.rotary.org.
About Operation Pollination Operation Pollination is an
inclusive environmental framework that allows Rotarians (and other
organizations) to recruit a diverse array of organizational
partners willing to engage in the framework’s two goals: pollinator
habitat restoration and pollinator education. Visit
https://operationpollination.net to learn more.
About NASCO NASCO is a grass roots tri-national coalition
of governments, businesses and educational institutions driven by a
common interest in collaboration along key freight and commercial
trade networks. Founded in 1994, NASCO encourages North America’s
competitiveness in the global marketplace. Visit
www.nasconetwork.com for more information.
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• KCS – Doniele Carlson, dcarlson@kcsouthern.com,
816-983-1372 • CP – Andy Cummings, andy_cummings@cpr.ca,
612-851-5616 • GATX – Shari Hellerman,
shari.hellerman@gatx.com, 312-621-4285 • Rotary – Gabriel
Garza, gabriel@katapultamedia.com, 52-811-538-7961 • Operation
Pollination – Chris Stein, chris_stein@nps.gov, 402-881-1387
• NASCO – Tiffany Melvin, tiffany@nasconetwork.com,
214-855-0129
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