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	Podcast:		KQED’s Forum
	Episode:		California Monarch Butterfly Population at Lowest Numbers Ever Recorded
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:23:49
	Publish Date:		2019-01-18 11:00:00
	Description:		Conservationists are alarmed at a huge drop in the number of western monarch butterflies that spend the winter in California. Scientists think pesticides, habitat loss, and fewer native plants — like milkweed where the monarch lays eggs — are causing the more than 95 percent decline since the 1980’s. We’ll hear why this colorful butterfly is crucial to our ecosystem, and what can be done to help bring up the population. Related Links: Save The Western Monarchs (Xerces Society) California Monarch Butterfly Population Down 86 Percent in One Year
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