MONARCH UPDATE: When it comes to monarch butterflies 
… the more we know…the more we realize we don’t 
know… we explain ahead on Passport to Texas…

This is Passport to Texas

Here’s what you need to know about scientific discovery: 
it starts with a question. And that leads to—not answers 
—not immediately, anyway. It leads to more questions.

01—They just keep coming.

Ben Hutchins, the state’s invertebrate biologist, has been 
asking a lot of questions lately about monarch butterflies.

37—That’s right. The more you know, the more you realize you 
don’t know. And so, many of us that are involved in monarch 
conservation have been to a number of conferences, meetings, 
workshops, symposia. And a big emphasis is on all of the 
questions that we still have about monarch biology. I think the 
biggest question, particularly, for conservationists for natural 
resource managers is: what can we do to make the landscape 
good monarch habitat. How can we be good stewards of the 
land to make sure monarchs are getting what they need?

See what I mean? 

17—We have lots of questions about how particular land 
management practices, like using controlled burns, or 
reseeding with native plants—how those practices can best be 
used to produce good monarch habitat. We have lots of 
questions about patch size, too.

And if your next question is: what does Ben Hutchins 
mean by patch size? You’ll have to listen next time to find 
out. 

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti 






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