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The Pella Public Library is sharing details about how to provide stepping stones of habitat for pollinators at an upcoming presentation. Staff will give away five different species of milkweed plants (essential for monarchs) and provide planting information on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Instructor Kristin Siewert teaches in the biology department at Central College. Monarchs are an area of interest for her; she is involved in creating monarch way stations, collecting seed, growing and distributing native milkweed plants, and monarch tagging. She has participated in collaborative monarch research with ISU and led monarch research with Central College students the last 5 years.