The number of butterflies has been just terrific.

[So in addition to getting out and appreciating the butterflies' beauty -- in backyards, in parks or at Botanica in Wichita -- people] can start planning their gardens for next year, ... We would love to get lots of kids involved in converting a lot of their school butterfly gardens into monarch waystations.

These butterflies are the symbol of richness of biological diversity and marvelous scientific aspect.

I've been taking the dog out in morning and passing milkweed, and I've been finding an enormous number of caterpillars and partially defoliated milkweed plants.

We've had terrific damage,

If we get money from Fort Myers Beach, we'll be able to increase the number of acts we have, and hopefully we'll get future support from the businesses.