Branson Pledges To Help Save Monarch Butterflies

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BRANSON NEWS: By Grant Sloan | gsloan@kolr10.com Published 10/04 2016 06:30PM Updated 10/04 2016 06:30PM 10/4/2016 BRANSON, Mo. – Cities across the Midwest are taking the pledge to try and save the monarch butterfly, and this week Branson officially joined the list.  The “Mayor’s Milkweed Monarch” program is aimed at assisting the butterfly’s declining population which has dropped by nearly 90% over the last two decades.  “I don’t want to tell the next generation, ‘monarchs were beautiful but you’ll never miss them because you’ve never seen one,’” says environmental specialist for the city of Branson, Mona Menezes.  “That’s not right on our part for our …

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