Join YHEP Instructor Ian Ford-Terry as he shows you how you can help protect the Monarch Butterfly by planting native milkweeds at home!

Follow these links to the Joshua Tree videos referenced here!

References:

Ford-Terry, I. 2020, YHEP: Conservation, Ep 03: Monarch Container Gardens, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, YouTube Channel

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