Monarch butterflies are nearly extinct. California has a plan to save them
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A conservation effort is planting a poisonous flower along the state’s central coast in hopes of lifting butterfly population. Western monarch butterfly populations have sharply declined in recent years. Photograph: Courtesy River Partners – By Erin McCormick in Berkeley Last modified on 2021 …