Butterfly Gardens

The state butterfly, the Diana fritillary, is considered to be at moderate to severe risk of extinction by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalist Shawn Hunter became aware of the species' plight and dedicated herself to saving it. She spoke with Ozarks at Large's Jack Travis about her efforts and The Diana Project.

On today's show, the prevalence of the Arkansas state butterfly is dangerously low. Plus, how the media we consume affects us on a biological level. Also, the inspiration chocolate has on music.

A committee of seven women in rural West Fork in southern Washington County drafted an ordinance to amend the town's property maintenance code to allow for increased cultivation of wildflower meadows, pollinator plant gardens and even small orchards on private yards and properties — possibly the first municipal ordinance of its kind approved in Arkansas.

The monarch butterfly could flutter into extinction if federal measures are not taken to protect the iconic insect. Tierra Curry, a long-time monarch…