Milkweed PatrolCarrying watering cans and a bucket of mulch, Jason Alfonso and Mark Neubrand, members of the Smoky Hills Audubon Society, walk the trails of the organization's wildlife refuge to care for newly planted milkweed. The milkweed was donated to the chapter by Monarch Watch, a nonprofit organization based at the University of Kansas that is dedicated to improving habitat for the Monarch butterfly.

Carrying watering cans and a bucket of mulch, Jason Alfonso and Mark Neubrand, members of the Smoky Hills Audubon Society, walk the trails of the organization's wildlife refuge to care for newly planted milkweed. The milkweed was donated to the Salina-based chapter by Monarch Watch, a nonprofit organization based at the University of Kansas that is dedicated to improving habitat for the Monarch bufferfly.