Volunteers band together to save beloved 'Butterfly Town' from dire threat: 'Mass mortality event'

Volunteers band together to save beloved 'Butterfly Town' from dire threat: 'Mass mortality event'

A California seaside town is doing everything it can to save the beloved monarch butterfly from extinction. Known as Butterfly Town, Pacific Grove is a vital area for monarch migration as an "overwintering" site on their yearly trek south from the Pacific Northwest.  A monarch sanctuary was built for this very reason, and "tens of thousands" of butterflies have taken refuge among the branches. However, the monarch population has been plummeting …