Monarch Habitat Restoration

        My name is Rachel Kantzes and I am a senior Girl Scout in troop 10419. I am working on my Gold Award which is about planting milkweed for Monarch butterflies.

        Milkweed is the only plant that Monarchs lay their eggs on and the only food source for the caterpillars. Recently lands that contain wild milkweed have been taken over due to farming or other reasons. This has decreased the Monarchs population as well. I have organized the planting of milkweed gardens around my community and got 20 neighbors to plant milkweed seeds in their gardens to help the Monarchs. The seeds are very easy to plant and anyone can help save the Monarch butterflies.