Butterflies aren’t just beautiful — they’re out there working hard, pollinating as they flit from flower to flower. In fact, butterflies are the second-largest group of pollinators, after bees. Unfortunately, like many other pollinators, butterfly numbers are decreasing around the world because of factors including loss of native habitat, replacement
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Throw out Wednesday’s late-season snow and the wintry temperatures that lasted through Friday morning, and it’s time to resume looking toward late spring and summer.
And that made Wednesday’s presentation to the Steubenville Rotary Club all the more timely.
Members of the club, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on April 1, had the opportunity to hear from Juliette Olshock, the sustainable land care program coordinator at Phipps Conservatory. While the discussion happened through Zoom, as has been the case for much of the past year, the club plans to resume in-person meetings with a video conference streaming option in May.