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Managing Roadsides and Rights-of-Way for Monarchs

A long line of common milkweed borders a highway.
Photo: The Xerces Society /Jennifer Hopwood

Our roads and highways present unique opportunities for creating corridors to support monarchs and other pollinators. In some areas, roadsides may be the only places where milkweed and nectar plants may be available. When managed with pollinators in mind, roadsides have the potential to add miles and miles of high-quality habitat while reducing maintenance costs. Learn more about how roadsides can be managed to reduce costs and protect pollinators.

 

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