Gardening for the Island Marble Butterfly, March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024. Join the San Juan Preservation Trust in gardening for the island marble butterfly at trust preserves on San Juan Island. Sign up HERE! Two sessions are available at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. |
Welcome!
The Island Marble Butterfly Hub provides opportunities for the conservation of the island marble butterfly to prevent its extinction. Learn more about this remarkable insect and how to contribute to its recovery.
The Island Marble Butterfly Hub provides opportunities for the conservation of the island marble butterfly to prevent its extinction. Learn more about this remarkable insect and how to contribute to its recovery.
Vision
The volunteer program has been established to help protect and maintain the habitat on which this butterfly relies. The island marble butterfly is found nowhere else in the world. It is endemic to the San Juan Islands. We seek a core group of volunteers to garden for the island marble butterfly, help increase its numbers, and broaden its narrow distribution over time across a diversity of habitats. Help conserve the biological diversity of butterflies and pollinators in the San Juan Islands and Pacific Northwest.
The volunteer program has been established to help protect and maintain the habitat on which this butterfly relies. The island marble butterfly is found nowhere else in the world. It is endemic to the San Juan Islands. We seek a core group of volunteers to garden for the island marble butterfly, help increase its numbers, and broaden its narrow distribution over time across a diversity of habitats. Help conserve the biological diversity of butterflies and pollinators in the San Juan Islands and Pacific Northwest.
Mission
To provide a venue for community engagement with island marble butterfly species recovery
To provide a venue for community engagement with island marble butterfly species recovery
This past year island marble butterfly volunteers have helped to cultivate new habitat on San Juan Island. Please sign up below or email Volunteer Coordinator Walt Andrews at walt@sjicd.org to learn how you can get involved.
Volunteer for the island marble butterfly!If you are interested in joining species recovery efforts, please sign up to get involved.
Sign up with if you are an individual, family, group, or business looking to get involved with IMB habitat conservation. All experience levels, ages, or skill levels are welcome.
We value diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of the conservation and recovery of the island marble butterfly. All volunteers are an important part of species recovery efforts.
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The Island Marble Butterfly Hub is a place for volunteers and island marble butterfly partners alike to share information for events, trainings, best management practices, and current island marble butterfly status.
The Island Marble Butterfly Volunteer Program is dedicated to the creation, restoration, maintenance and enhancement of island marble butterfly habitat. It is estimated that 200–500 individuals remain today. In 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the island marble butterfly as an endangered species. Volunteers are needed to conserve habitat for this endemic butterfly to prevent its extinction and conserve biological diversity.
The Island Marble Butterfly Volunteer Program is dedicated to the creation, restoration, maintenance and enhancement of island marble butterfly habitat. It is estimated that 200–500 individuals remain today. In 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the island marble butterfly as an endangered species. Volunteers are needed to conserve habitat for this endemic butterfly to prevent its extinction and conserve biological diversity.
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HABITAT EXPANSIONFollowing population decline in the late 2000s, there is urgent need to expand habitat to prevent extinction. |
Photo credits, left to right: Jennyy Shrum, Shrum, Walt Andrews
OUR GOALExpanding habitat to prevent extinction and further the recovery of the island marble butterfly. Photo credit: Shrum
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CHANGEExpand and connect habitat to increase the number of butterflies and the number of populations. Join us in recovery efforts! |
Photo and map credits, left to right: Jenny Shrum, SJPT, and Walt Andrews, Google Maps 2023 TerraMetrics
We must act now to prevent the island marble butterfly's extinction.
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Art credit: Jill Bliss
This program does not discriminate based on ethnicity, race, class, gender, sex, religion, background, belief, or disability. Please report any and all discrimination to the coordinator.
Contact Us
Island Marble Butterfly Volunteer Program San Juan Islands Conservation District 530 Guard St Friday Harbor, WA 98250 walt@sjicd.org (360) 375-3070 |
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