[PCA] NEWS: Michigan teens, Native American youth protect pollinators: Build butterfly houses, grow 26, 000 indigenous plants

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Oct 24 09:25:30 CDT 2008


http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/michigan-teens-native-american-youth,593342.shtml

Michigan teens, Native American youth protect pollinators: Build 
butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants
Posted :  Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:12:10 GMT
Author : Greg Peterson

Marquette, Michigan - Millions of Monarchs will begin arriving in Mexico 
this week in an annual migration that includes thousands traveling through 
Michigan.s Upper Peninsula and some of the butterflies can thank Marquette 
and Native American teens for their future survival.

The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in Marquette is protecting pollinators 
like butterflies because billions of honeybees and bumblebees are dying 
worldwide in syndrome called .Colony Collapse Disorder..

See the link above for the full press release.




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