TESF announces new initiative – We recently secured a $5,000 grant from Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism to initiate at the Z-Bar Ranch an effort to improve the conservation status of the increasingly imperiled Monarch butterfly. This effort is yet another outstanding example of our capacity to do much on behalf of a worldwide problem – pollinator conservation — with just a little help from a public agency because of our access to the great conservation landscapes that are Turner Ranches. Details follow …