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Preventing Monarch Butterfly Roadkill

November 9, 2019November 26, 2019 Mike Nowak eco-influencer, environment, gardening with nativars, Greenprints garden humor, insect decline, Kimberly Neely du Buclet, leave the leaves, Minnesota Extension, monarch butterfly roadkill, Pat Stone, Peggy Malecki, Texas A&M, The Mike Nowak Show

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Dr. Robert Coulson from Texas A&M University explains how they are studying “hot spots” where migrating monarch butterflies have high mortality rates along Texas roads. Dr. Elaine Evans, Assistant Extension Professor with the University of Minnesota Extension, says “leave the leaves” on your lawn and garden this season to help overwintering insects. Pat Stone explains how Greenprints Magazine reveals the joy, the humor, the headaches, and the heart of gardening. Commissioner Kim du Buclet promotes the MWRD “Road Show.”

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“Tidy thoughts are for losers”

November 3, 2019November 26, 2019 Mike Nowak animal abuse, carriage horses humane, Chicago Alliance for Animals, eco-influencer, gardening with nativars, growing native plants, Kelsay Shaw, Peggy Malecki, Possibility Place Nursery, Rick DiMaio, The Mike Nowak Show

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Kelsay Shaw from Possibility Place Nursery returns to the show to talk about the benefits of untidy gardens. Jodie Wiederkehr also returns to report on a proposed ordinance to ban carriage horses in Chicago that has now been stalled for two years in City Council.