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The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Karner blue butterflies perch on a plant along the Truax Barrens Trail in the pine bush to mate. When they open their wings, males are blue and females are brown. The Karner blue — which had lost 99 percent of its population when it was protected as endangered over three decades ago but is making a comeback in the Albany Pine Bush — has become a symbol for environmental preservation. Advocates for the globally rare pine barrens told the Guilderland Town Board this month more protection for the pine bush is warranted in the updated comprehensive plan.