Interview with Brent Plater on Antioch, Butterflies and EcoJustice
Check out the Metalmark Crew’s interview with Brent Plater as he discusses environmental justice, the conservation movement, and his work to protect the Lange’s metalmark butterflies in Antioch, California. Brent … Continue reading
Restoration field day for the Metalmark!
Come out and get your hand dirty in the name of the Langes Metalmark Butterfly! Join us at the Antioch Dunes Wildlife Reserve on Saturday August 25th from 9:00-3:00 to pull … Continue reading
Butterfly Kite Festival at Antioch’s City Park Saturday 8/18!
Thanks Everyone for Coming to our Kite festival at Antioch’s City Park, Saturday August 18th! WE PAINTED OUR OWN BUTTERFLY KITES!! MET BUTTERFLY EXPERTS FREE FOOD & DRINKS RAFFLE PRIZES … Continue reading
Volunteers Needed to Count Lange’s Metalmark Butterflies!
Hello everyone! It is time once again for the Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly counts at Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge! We will be counting butterflies for several weeks in August and September and … Continue reading
San Francisco Butterfly Count. Another Record Year
The San Francisco Butterfly Count was amazing! We saw 26 total species, tying last years record, and 916 total individuals. (last year – 967) Amazing! When we hold it later … Continue reading
Counting Butterflies at San Bruno
Today was the 2012 San Bruno Mountain North American Butterfly Association (NABA) count, led by lepidopterist Liam O’Brien and wildlife biologist Patrick Kobernus. You can check it out here, at Liam’s … Continue reading
Donations Now Accepted!
Hooray! Thanks to Tatzoo and the Center for Biological Diversity, we are now able to accept your donations! Please click here and designate all proceeds to “Tatzoo-Butterfly Project”. This part … Continue reading
Butterfly Craft Time!
I found this awesome Metalmark Butterfly craft. The Tohickon Garden Club of Erwinna, Pennsylvania challenged themselves to “use recyclable materials to create an endangered species” and one of them chose our … Continue reading
The work of The Urban Wildlands Group
The love life of the Langes Metalmark Butterfly is a story of being between a rock and a hard place. Aside from having an extremely narrow distribution, living on only … Continue reading
Welcome!
This is a big “What’s up!” from the metalmark crew. The Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly needs our help or it will be lost forever. What can you do?
