Monday, August 30th, 2021
Photo by Dan Melograna/The Daily Standard

Jackie Backs stands among a monarch habitat area at her rural Celina home where she and her husband, Joe, planted numerous flowers and milkweed plants. The 2-acre site is certified by the volunteer-based citizen science organization Monarch Watch.

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The striking orange and black monarch butterfly is arguably one of the most famous species of insect in the United States, though it faces a number of threats. [More]
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