Oregon winery released sheep in its vineyard, and an endangered butterfly once thought extinct came back

Oregon winery released sheep in its vineyard, and an endangered butterfly once thought extinct came back

An Oregon winery discovered that one of its best conservation tools had four legs: sheep. At Van Duzer Vineyards in Dallas, using them to manage the land helped rebuild habitat for the Fender's blue butterfly, a small endangered species once believed extinct. What happened? Van Duzer, a Willamette Valley winery known for pinot noir, joined a wider effort to protect the Fender's blue butterfly, Forbes reported. The insect relies on Kincaid's lupi…