Trump order could weaken protections for monarch butterflies
(World News USA)

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - Hand-raising monarch butterflies in the midst of a global extinction crisis, Laura Moore and her neighbors gather round in her suburban Maryland yard to launch a butterfly newly emerged from its chrysalis. Eager to play his part, 3-year-old Thomas Powell flaps his arms and exclaims, `I`m flying! I`m flying!` Moore moves to release the hours-old monarch onto the boy`s outstretched finger, but the butterfly, its wings a vivid orange and black, has another idea. It banks away, beginning its new life up in the green shelter of a nearby tree. Monarchs are in trouble, despite efforts by Moore and countless other volunteers and organizations across the United States to nurture...