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ALEX LUPUL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Conservation Assistant Kirstyn Eckhardt carries out several chrysalises of a Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly, housed in mesh enclosures, at the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg on Friday, July 2, 2021. The conservation team has been working to grow the population of the butterfly, while trying to understand why its numbers has taken a tailspin toward extinction. Reporter: Ben Waldman