•September 14, 2022•
By Cheri Burcham
Family Life Educator

This article was just published this week by Extension Educator Chris Enroth, and I thought it would be a perfect time to share right after last week’s article on Monarchs. Chris says: Have you read some of the headlines lately concerning monarch butterflies? “Monarch Butterflies are Thriving!” “Monarch Butterflies are Endangered!” Both these headlines (or something similar) recently saturated newsfeeds for Americans. Considering these stories came out about two weeks apart, what is a person to think? Are monarch butterflies okay? Or are they in peril? As you may have gathered with headlines like this, the answer lies somewhere in the middle. Let’s break down each one of these newsmakers.
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