Redesigning Our Cities and Highways to Help Feed Monarch Butterflies

Could establishing milkweed plots alongside greenways benefit wildlife and reduce maintenance costs for city greenways?



Redesigning Our Cities and Highways to Help Feed Monarch Butterflies:

For this reason, groups like the Pollinator Partnership are working to convince infrastructure owners to allow the planting of milkweed in unlikely places. They aren't asking for vast butterfly preserves, simply for strips of land otherwise forgotten. For example, the Pollinator Partnership is seeking national legislation that would encourage state highways to plant bee- and monarch-friendly habitats on highway medians instead of mowing them down.