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On a wing and a prairie: Puget Sound butterfly avoids extinction with human help
After two decades of work, including monitoring by scientists, a captive breeding program run by inmates at a local women's prison, and habitat conservation by the Nisqually Tribe, the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly seems to be improving and even doing better than expected.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/on-a-wing-and-a-prairie-Puget-Sound-butterfly-avoids-extinction?ref=fixthenews.com
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