GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – John Ball Zoo’s conservation program has already found success, within just a few years of starting. “Everybody’s heard of the monarch, right? But very few people have heard of the poweshiek skipperling, and that’s one of the most critically endangered animals in the world,” said David Pavlik. “Now, there’s only one or two very small populations in Michigan, and one or two populations up in Manitoba, Canada. “Everything else across this range has been lost.”