This weekend, our local Wildlife Refuge offered monarch butterfly tagging, as part of the nationwide effort to develop a clearer understanding of how monarchs make such a tremendous migration every year to Mexico. There was a very well done presentation that included the reasons monarch populations have declined (industrial farming), as well as how to plant a butterfly garden of your own! It even included information about the importance of all pollinators on our food supply - I was impressed :)
Let the butterfly chasing begin!
We didn't catch a monarch - but did get to tag one.
It was a hot & humid morning, but one of the best homeschooling adventures so far.
Can't wait to do it again next year.
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
1434 316th Ln, Missouri Valley, IA 51555
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Desoto/
