adopt an endangered butterfly?
In 1970, New York adopted the Eastern Bluebird as its State Bird. Since then, the bluebird has been coming back from alarmingly low numbers during the 1950’s. Many New Yorkers built special nesting boxes along fence rows to help the bluebirds if they didn’t have a natural nest. There are endangered, threatened or at risk animals and plants whose status improved after being adopted as state symbols. (I’m currently researching this angle).
