Roadside milkweed is giving monarchs a new migration highway
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Researchers have planted 9,000 milkweed plants along roads in six North Florida counties, with 6,000 more going in before 2029. Monarchs are already showing up at the sites. The work is part of a national effort led by the University of Illinois Chicago to turn road margins, power line easements, and rail corridors into usable habitat for monarchs and other pollinators. Florida’s Department of Transportation joined in 2024, committing to manage 10,200 acres (
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