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Roadside milkweed is giving monarchs a new migration highway
Researchers planted 9,000 milkweed plants along roadsides in six North Florida counties, with 6,000 more by 2029. Monarch butterflies are already using the sites. The work is part of a national effort to turn road margins and power line corridors into pollinator habitat.
Source: Roadside milkweed is giving monarchs a new migration highway — The Optimist Daily
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