“Meteorologists at the National Weather Service were looking over radar images in California on the night of June 4 when they spotted what looked like a wide swath of rain. But there were no clouds.” What was it? Read this…
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June ProgramAttracting Butterflies to the Home GardenJulie O’DonaldBellevue Botanical GardenTuesday June 11, 7:00pm Meet 18 species of butterflies found in the Puget Sound Lowlands. Learn the best native flowering shrubs and wildflowers for attracting butterflies, and practices that help butterflies…
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Conservation biologist Nick Haddad has spent decades studying the very rarest species of butterflies in the world – some numbering no more than what can be held in one hand. Unfortunately, butterflies are at risk of becoming even rarer, with…
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Here is a link to a butterfly story in the Spokesman-Review that appeared on Tuesday 5/28:http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/may/28/once-common-in-eastern-washington-the-monarch-butt/
The Cascade Butterfly Project, now in its 9th year, is a long term citizen science project monitoring butterflies and plant phenology at Mount Rainier National Park, the North Cascades National Park and a few other locations. Beginning this season there will be…
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