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How to Create Your Own Monarch Butterfly Rest Stop

Saturday, January 31, 2015 5:28
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Videos For An Earth In Transition – http://www.earth-heal.com/index.php/videos.html  Habitat loss and the destruction of native plants have been responsible for the rapid decline of the m​onarch ​b​utterfly, the most recognized butterfly in North America. To help​ ​protect these majestic insects as they migrate, citizens in the U.S. are resorting to a simple yet powerful tool: g​ardening. Gardens full of milkweed and nectar plants can serve both as rest stops for adult monarchs and as nurseries for their eggs.

Read more about the challenges monarch butterflies face as milkweed declines:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-monarch-butterfly-milkweed-environment-ecology-science/

FIELD PRODUCER AND VIDEOGRAPHER: Fritz Faerber
SENIOR PRODUCER: Jeff Hertrick
EDITOR: Jennifer Murphy



Source: http://www.earth-heal.com/videos/viewvideo/4561/how-to-create-your-own-monarch-butterfly-rest-stop.html

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