Volunteers Needed for the Cascade Butterfly Project

The Cascades Butterfly Project needs you! Get out into the beautiful mountains of North Cascades National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and help wildlife biologists identify and count alpine butterflies.

Alpine meadows in these two National Parks are expected to shrink dramatically due to the effects of climate change, but as of now, the rate and magnitude of this change is unknown. Butterflies make ideal indicator species because they are particularly sensitive to climatic changes, and are relatively easy to identify in the field by scientists and volunteers alike. So come for a hike in some of the Northwest’s most scenic alpine meadows and help contribute to this important research!

Volunteer Training:

We will be holding a volunteer training in which participants will learn more about the project and the ecology of Cascades butterflies. The trainings will have two components: an hour-long classroom session, followed by a longer afternoon field excursion where we will practice field ID and scientific research protocols in subalpine meadows.

Volunteer training is highly recommended, but not mandatory for participation in the project.

THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN POSTPONED - A NEW DATE WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
July 28, 2011- Mt. Rainier National Park
Training will run from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Paradise Jackson Visitor Center

For more information please visit http://www.nps.gov/mora/supportyourpark/upload/2011-07-12-Butterfly-NOCA-Resource-Brief-2011_v2.pdfor contact Mason Reid at 360-569-6771 or mason_reid@nps.gov