Highlighting Iowa's "Butterfly Heroes" for Earth Day

Butterfly Heroes

How farmers, zoos and you can protect pollinators

By Darcy Dougherty Maulsby

While monarch populations have declined dramatically in the past 20 years, Iowans are working together, from the farm to the city, to add habitat that helps these magnificent creatures survive and thrive. Click the photo to read about monarch conservation in Iowa in the inaugural issue of Fresh Pickings magazine!

Image of "Butterfly Heroes" magazine spread in 2019 Fresh Pickings (credit J. Murphy)