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What Arizonans can do to help save the monarch butterfly

Monarchs might be the most iconic of butterflies — the ones that come to mind when you think about our fluttery friends.

But the plant they need to live is in decline. And so are the butterflies, in drastic numbers.

Unlike many other climate change-driven problems, we can all do something to help. Kim Pegram leads the Desert Botanical Garden’s Pollinator Conservation and Research program, which is working to help monarchs make a resurgence. The Show spoke with her more about it.

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Lauren Gilger, host of KJZZ's The Show, is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized.