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