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Keyhole State Park to host monarchs and milkweed presentation

Did you know that milkweed is the only plant that monarch butterflies lay their eggs on? Did you know that ingesting milkweed plants actually makes monarch caterpillars toxic to their predators?

Or, did you know that it is estimated that the monarch butterfly population has decreased as much as 90% – as if every person living in the United States, except for those living in Ohio and Florida, disappeared? The relationship between monarch butterflies and milkweed plants is remarkable and becoming increasingly more important to learn about!

Join Ranger Katie at the Tatanka Shelter in Keyhole Stat...