At Stagg High School, Palos youngster on mission to spare ruler Butterfly designs second protection expo
Peter Gordan was only 5 when they previously encouraged the ruler butterfly.
They'd gained from an image book that milkweed is an important nourishment hotspot for the ruler. So when their mother declared they'd pull up a portion of the unattractive plants on the family's Palos Park property, Peter arranged a dissent and constrained their more youthful sibling, Alexander, to join.
“It worked. That was the spark,” said Peter, who established Homes Monarchs in 2016. The not-for-profit association, headquartered in their late grandma's carport, has circulated in excess of 20,000 bundles of local milkweed seeds to help restore environment for ruler butterflies and different pollinators.
“My understanding of the complexity of it all has come a long way,” they said. En route they un...