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Surveys conducted over nearly four decades, including one in 2019, have found no sightings of the small, non-migratory species. The project aims to establish a new population by importing butterflies and eggs from New York. These will be bred at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory before being released into suitable habitats in Port Rowan, southeast of London, Ontario."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ryan Norris, a scientist at the University of Guelph's department of integrative biology, is leading the initiative. He attributes the frosted elfin's extirpation, or disappearance from the region, to habitat loss driven by urban development and the creation of farmland. Norris noted that some of the areas targeted for reintroduction, such as former tobacco fields, have been restored into oak savanna habitats that can support the species."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This reintroduction effort is part of a broader conservation strategy involving universities, conservation groups, and government agencies to protect three endangered butterfly species. Alongside the frosted elfin, the project also focuses on the mottled duskywing and the curiously isolated hairstreak. The University of Guelph stated that this coordinated approach aims to develop Canada's first multi-species framework for insect conservation. The federal government has provided $2.4 million in funding for the initiative."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreements in reporting"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The reports agree that the frosted elfin butterfly was last seen in Ontario in 1988 and that surveys have found no sightings in nearly 40 years. They also agree that a group of Canadian scientists is working to reintroduce the species to Norfolk County, importing butterflies and eggs from New York. The cause of extirpation is consistently cited as habitat loss from urban development and farmland creation. All reports mention the project is part of a larger effort to save three endangered butterfly species."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific details of the mottled duskywing's population figures at Pinery Provincial Park or other protected areas, beyond stating the reintroduction had been remarkable and populations had reached several hundred or close to 100. 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