Campbell’s work centers on the Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species in New York and nationwide, which can only eat blue lupine as a caterpillar. Wild lupine is a perennial that grows ...

The scarce butterfly can be found in grasslands and around host plants such as wild blue lupine and wild indigo. Their numbers continue to decline, and they are predicted to be federally endangered.

A prescribed burn is planned to help restore wildlife habitat at the Karner Blue Sanctuary in Port Franks. The sanctuary ...