Butterfly Conservation Programs and Initiatives
Program Start
2000
Butterfly Beltway
SenecaPark zoo
Monarch Watch and Tagging Program
Oklahoma City Zoological Park
Oregon Silverspot butterfly ( Speyeria zerene hyppolyta) Cascade Head population supplementation
Oregon Zoo, WoodlandParkZoological Gardens
Reintroduction of the Karner Blue Butterfly to the Oak Openings of Northwestern Ohio
The Toledo Zoo
2001
Butterfly Beltway
SenecaPark zoo
Monarch Watch and Tagging Program
Oklahoma City Zoological Park
2002
Butterfly Conservation in OHIO
Collaborating Institutions: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, TheToledo Zoo, The Wilds, Akron Zoological Park
Butterfly Habitat Conservation
MillerPark Zoo
Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat restoration and Reintroduction Program
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Monarch Watch
Kansas City Zoo
Ohio / Michigan Wetland Butterfly Initiative
The Toledo Zoo
The Northeast Ohio Butterfly Projects Data Base
Cleveland MetroParks Zoo
2003
AZA Butterfly Conservation Initiative
Supporting Institutions:Abilene Zoological Gardens,Akron Zoological Park, Albuquerque Biological Park, Binder Park Zoo, Brandywine Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, Central Florida Zoological Park, Chaffee Zoological Gardens of Fresno, Chyenne Mountain Zoo, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, Detroit Zoological Park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Henry Vilas Zoo, John Ball Zoological Garden, Living Desert, Louisville Zoological Garden, Lowry Park Zoo, Miami Metro Zoo, National Aquarium in Baltimore, Oakland Zoo, Oklahoma City Zoological Park, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon Zoo, Potawatomi Zoo, Racine Zoological Gardens, Reid Park Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium, Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, Seneca Park Zoo, Steinhart Aquarium, The Baltimore Zoo, The Butterfly House, The Calgary Zoo, The Dallas World Aquarium, The Toledo Zoo, Toronto Zoo, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Virginia Zoological Park, Western North Carolina Nature Center, Woodland Park Zoological Gardens
Collaborators: Association of Zoo’s and Aquariums, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Audubon Nature Institute, Environmental Defense, National Wildlife Federation, Xerces Society
Butterfly Monitoring at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Brookside Reservation
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
The Florida Butterfly monitoring Network
Supporting Institutions:McGuireCenter for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity ( University of Florida), Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and The Butterfly Conservation Initiative
AZA Collaborators:LowryPark Zoo, Central Florida Zoo, Brevard Zoo, and the Miami MetroZoo/Zoological Society of Florida
Additional collaborators:Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Office of Recreational Services, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, University of Florida’s Department of Entomology and Nematology, Florida DEp, Division of Parks and Recreation.
2004
2005
2006
Monarch Way station
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Contact: Sonia L Di Fiore