Monarch butterfly population at an all-time low: Branson mayor to sign pledge to help wildlife

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BRANSON NEWS: There has been growing concern among biologists and Missouri mayors about the decline of monarch butterflies.

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the monarchs have declined 90 percent the past 20 years.

Milkweed

Branson Environmental Specialist Mona Menezes said the reason for the huge decline is due to the shortage of milkweed plants, not only in Missouri, but along the monarch butterfly migration path, which extends from Mexico to the Great Lakes.

Monarch butterflies live in Mexico during the winter and fly to Minnesota and across the Great Lakes during the summer, Menezes said. Throughout their journey, butterflies will stop in …

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