Creative Sacred Living Magazine September 2014 | Page 60

The Animals you will see in the following pictures are all at risk from habitat loss, there is a great variety of environments these pollinators and beautiful creatures thrive in that development is turning into pavement, allowing a tithe for habitat as in the case of Milwaukee's Monarch Trail that has lost nearly 90% of its habitat to development and yet a mere handful of the people that understand the cultural, scientific and Sacred nature of the Monarch migration stood firm and saved what was needed. The people in the region surrounding Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a World heritage site, near the village of Anguangeo see the return of the Monarch butterfly coinciding with El Dia de los Muertos as the incarnation of relatives past. Thereby retaining the sacred link to the past and the future. I encourage you all to reach out to any local effort to restore habitat of any kind, as these creatures depend on them all, as do we. "Baltimore" Lulu Lake State Natural Area "Wood Nymph" Kettle Moraine State Forest