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Butterflies of Concern at HNWR with Laurie Sheppard

  • March 08, 2025
  • 10:00 AM
  • Hagerman National Wildlife Visitor Center, 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092

The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed Endangered Species Act protection for Monarch butterflies. The Monarch migration is unique in the butterfly world. While some other butterfly species are known to travel long distances to find food or populate different areas, those are one-way migrations. Only the Monarch butterfly flies south to survive the winter and then the same individual returns north. Laurie will explain what we are doing at Hagerman to track and protect these beautiful insects. But Monarchs aren’t the only butterfly species in danger of disappearing. We’ll look at some other butterfly species once found in Texas but are now “species of greatest concern”.

Laurie Sheppard is a certified Texas Master Naturalist with a primary interest in butterflies. She has tracked, photographed, and documented 95 butterfly species at Hagerman NWR of the 98 species of butterflies recorded in Grayson County. She leads a group of volunteers who provide Monarch migration data to Journey North each year and she was responsible for locating and reporting on several sub-populations of “at risk” Frosted Elfin butterflies at Hagerman.

Laurie is a long-time volunteer at Hagerman NWR, currently serving as a Butterfly Garden Docent, a Tram Driver, a Nature Nook staffer, a writer/editor for the Featherless Flyer, and a member of the Friends of Hagerman Board of Directors. She is an avid photographer and regularly shares her images of butterflies, birds, and other wildlife on social media and in the Friends of Hagerman’s public outreach materials.

Photo by Laurie Sheppard

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