A Down-To-Earth Organization That Is All About Hope
A Down-To-Earth Organization That Is All About Hope
Butterfly Corridor’ to Help Monarchs US president Barack Obama, a friend to bees and other pollinating insects in peril, has unveiled his national strategy to mitigate honey bee loss, increase the Monarch butterfly population, and restore the habitats of both insects, whose health is essential to our food supply. The program will depend heavily on…
The federal government on Monday pledged $3.2 million to help save the monarch butterfly, the iconic orange-and-black butterfly that can migrate thousands of miles between the U.S. and Mexico each year. In recent years, the species has experienced a 90 percent decline in population, with the lowest recorded population occurring in 2013-2014. About $2 million…
BY RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON (AP) — A half-century ago, Monarch butterflies – tired, hungry and bursting to lay eggs – found plenty of nourishment as they migrated from Mexico through Texas. Native white-flowering balls of antelope milkweed covered grassland areas, growing alongside other nectar-filled flowers. But now, these orange-and-black winged butterflies find mostly…
