Recent Boston Globe "monarchs are threatened" article

[Paul Cherubini]

Patrick Foley wrote:

> Chip Taylor is certainly correct that the elimination of the host plant will
> end the migration. Surely you are not arguing with that statement.

But do the doomsayer monarch scientists and conservationists ever
tell reporters and the public that milkweeds are tough weeds that 
can grow well in radically disturbed and climatically harsh habitats
like these?:

http://www.saber.net/~monarch/milkpavement.jpg

http://www.saber.net/~monarch/milk2pavement.jpg

http://www.saber.net/~monarch/milksilverton2.jpg

http://www.saber.net/~monarch/milkhighway12.jpg

Paul Cherubini

 
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