GOLF COURSE A HAVEN FOR ENDANGERED BUTTERFLY

This month launches the start of the plan to kick Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly off the endangered species list. With the help of two Florida keys golf courses, Sombrero Country Club in Marathon and Cheeca Lodge in Islamorada. The butterfly was named in 1911 by a Smithsonian researcher named William Schaus. These butterflies once ranged from north Miami-Dade to Key West. After the mosquito spraying development its population has been declining since the 1980’s. The species was …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

…showed last 75 words of 276 total…taken off the endangered list. Now we’re looking for a place for the insects to live. So they can eat and a place for them to live. The swallowtails prefer lime and torchwood trees. So now The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the U.S. Golf Association are working together. The USGA gave the researchers a $55,000 grant and the two Keys golf courses to plant butterfly friendly trees later this month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**