Annual Butterfly Fest at Paul Smith's VIC

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Be sure to join us on Saturday the 30th of August for our annual festival when we celebrate our beloved monarchs and lots of other Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths)! From 11am-2pm you can enjoy crafts for children, watch monarch tagging demonstrations, tour our pollinator gardens, join in other activities!

In 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly, known for their flight to California and Mexico during the winter, to their “Red List,” a compilation of animals that they deem endangered. The native populations of this butterfly have shrunk by at least 22% in the past decade, due to numerous factors, including deforestation, pesticides, and climate change. Pesticides and herbicides used in large-scale agriculture kill butterflies and milkweed, the plant that adults and larvae feed, and are dependent, on. Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather and temperatures caused by climate change damage and kill many monarchs as well.

In celebration of these beautiful and extraordinary creatures (“Adirondack” monarchs migrate about 3,000 miles to their wintering grounds), the VIC brings you Monarch Fest every Labor Day weekend. See you there!

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Venue

Paul Smith's College VIC
8023 Route 30
Paul Smiths
12970

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The event runs from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM on the following dates.
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