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INEVENTS A FLUTTER OF EXCITEMENT: MONARCH BUTTERFLY RELEASE IS HOSTED BY BRADFORD WOODS CONSERVANCY According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 970 million monarch butterflies have vanished since 1990. To raise awareness, Bradford Woods Conservancy recently hosted a Monarch Butterfly Release and Storytelling Night for the public at the Bradford Woods Reserve on Bradford Road. Guests helped release three dozen butterflies into the reserve, which contains three different types of milkweed plants that will help the butterflies thrive. For more information on programs at the reserve for the whole family, visit bradfordwoodsconservancy.org. PHOTOS AND TEXT BY KATHY RUDOLPH North Allegheny | Winter 2016 | icmags.com 19