I know the seeds I supply will produce both host and nectar plants that are essential to the survival of the species. Schnauber is not new to the cause of protecting animal and plant life. He has been involved with breeding birds as a hobby since childhood. Currently he is in charge of a breeding and release program to help increase Washington's indigenous Mountain Quail population.
Butterflies play an important role in the pollination of our world's food source.
It is estimated that eighty percent of the Monarch population has declined over the past few years due to decline of habitat, scarceness of host plants, and insecticide sprays. I am not a person that dwells on problems. Rather, I believe every problem has an equivalent or greater purpose to the solution. The Monarch breed, as well as a few other species, feed on milkweed, a beautiful perennial that grows wild yet can be planted from seed. Schnauber said that if everyone who lives in a house in this nation could dedicate one square yard of lawn to milkweed plants and every person living in an apartment would plant a window box with milkweed, the butterfly's habitat would be returned.