Walking in Michigan’s prairies, you may have seen a poweshiek skipperling – a small silvery butterfly – and not even known it. But the reality is their population is dropping at an alarming rate. We talk to a biologist who's trying to change that.

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• David Pavlik, research associate at Michigan State University

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