Building the Buzzway: Butterflies from the Valley to the Monument - Walk
Sat, Jul 20
|Meet up and carpool
Hosted by Friends of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument


Time & Location
Jul 20, 2024, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Meet up and carpool, Rite Aid - 2341 Ashland Street Ashland, OR
About the event
This is the "Hike" after the Talk on 7/19. Hosted by Friends of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument
Could a butterfly fly from Grants Pass to Hyatt Lake and find (enough) nectar-rich flowering plants all along the way? Could that same butterfly locate enough of the native plants her babies (aka caterpillars) need to eat? The caterpillars of most butterflies (and moths) are 'host specific', meaning they can eat only a specific one or two or few species of native plants - just like the monarch and the milkweed! Southern Oregon is home to almost 125 species of butterflies! Learn about some of the beautiful butterflies, and the native plants they need, that make their homes in the Monument and the Valley - and what each of us can do to help them fly further.
Three presenters from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley will share their knowledge of butterflies and plants: