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Susan Dees Hargrove shares how to help dwindling monarch butterfly species | Community Voices

Susan Dees Hargrove
Photo provided by Susan Dees Hargrove.
Susan Dees Hargrove holds a monarch butterfly.

Susan Dees Hargrove is a biologist and gardener. She studies Illinois endangered wildlife and spoke to Community Voices about how to help monarch butterflies, which is a species whose population has been significantly reduced.

Vanessa was the Community Voices Production Coordinator at NPR Illinois from 2021-2025. She continues her passion for broadcasting as a co-host of the Beyond the Mouse podcast for the Front Row Network.
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