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n spring and summer.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Plant native milkweed. This can be in your backyard, at your workplace, or at your school. Find sources of local, native milkweed seed in your state using our <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4Mw7oXbj9OZz7YypetwzU7DYip6ux9ieHDLpBeO3LAOS-k_SEY9E0ZJz2cE0YHT6uOKxvtmRpOVYs34dXg9jaWNUPVPaPf19Haec-S23p7Pcd2Cnka-StsLP72clg1c2nBjcJ07nCpy0NgCPHXCBapc=&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttPw==&ch=WLlumAuls-C9jm4aScF7hDuUwPR1OGWez5jlQDYWMnIdlB0svJCkEQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#e67803;text-decoration:none">Milkweed Seed Finder</span></b></a>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Plant native flowers. Monarchs need nectar to provide energy to migrate, breed, and overwinter. For information about which flowers to plant, visit the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4FQSqQIQnE_01h4A6-u0KgkrR7hHrmaqqBwbNxxa-fpl3BBEgVJrZLtxV_hbO8xB8UoBP0C5PqYTbOgBJ8iWHhFtL_0n-dcdog0rOGNOr5CKMVWhTP47jQ0S7Eh3lx__Oc85VV2VSzYTlEHLcnRMkozfncRIHezkl1Sy87nEyF15&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttPw==&ch=WLlumAuls-C9jm4aScF7hDuUwPR1OGWez5jlQDYWMnIdlB0svJCkEQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#e67803;text-decoration:none">Bring Back the Pollinators web page</span></b></a>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Avoid using insecticides and herbicides. These may kill butterflies or caterpillars, or kill the plants that monarchs use for nectaring or breeding.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Get involved in another citizen science project. The Western Monarch Count web site has a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4GfEFEUoL36evFml2a-GQS6E_q3_xWO5YRAg-fbAXvxdcMMKdnbpmKPeWlqgDb0Kk_iUm4cstaN9nr_1fVOiXAKHw9u42vwAM1ew8XeHBDPQt8ANFpV_55no0BHWhRTA5YexyY5PWHRjM1IoQzPYBpyI3tSdqjO8bRSfx0BFkKwH&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttPw==&ch=WLlumAuls-C9jm4aScF7hDuUwPR1OGWez5jlQDYWMnIdlB0svJCkEQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#e67803;text-decoration:none">directory of projects</span></b></a> in other parts of the continent.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4I3s_ti3JRFm5ngNl8rWjd9oUzvV6euKZZgjFH73gvpkKgIL44uDwOjgcOs71Mrzh0YAgSsmdTke9gVJn3JMFgHC55QZ9U4EE4mihNXqYNdME9yRgVGudX0uWja0v095lVGTCfys_HolWoETBaz0sz0=&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttPw==&ch=WLlumAuls-C9jm4aScF7hDuUwPR1OGWez5jlQDYWMnIdlB0svJCkEQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#e67803;text-decoration:none">Support the Xerces Society's</span></b></a> monarch conservation efforts.</span></li></ul></div></td></tr></table></div></td><td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.75pt;border:none;border-left:dashed #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK11"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4I3s_ti3JRFm5ngNl8rWjd9oUzvV6euKZZgjFH73gvpkKgIL44uDwOjgcOs71Mrzh0YAgSsmdTke9gVJn3JMFgHC55QZ9U4EE4mihNXqYNdME9yRgVGudX0uWja0v095lVGTCfys_HolWoETBaz0sz0=&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttPw==&ch=WLlumAuls-C9jm4aScF7hDuUwPR1OGWez5jlQDYWMnIdlB0svJCkEQ==" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="168" height="42" id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://www.xerces.org/imagesforcc/donateorange.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5"></span></a></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK13"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in 1.5pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jkzHLSCdTiFVK0exlvgqhl4BlFwXhJMLEIFHPAGE7xCsay7pAh5W4DaVaQb2IjWffD6-1r4oV82qY-i3hmh7ngzIbMOrEowhvNo9v5S3t-EHnWbc8Uvl8EHecmJ-3iZ5azu929_CtMJIimWIfVws5WtDH0xDY9zX7-Xjn4yw5TzmhZ747jut3g==&c=NR9_6iIMI9KLVEJ74kMo7Ph-KoymqBWxMYgt74lQt5aRw8vBnHttP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