Aug 22, Pennywise – Castlegar, Slocan Valley
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Monarch Butterflies Return<br />
On June<br />
24, Tiffany<br />
Muncaster, a<br />
summer intern<br />
working for<br />
the Pollination<br />
Pathway Climate<br />
Adaptation<br />
Initiative, was<br />
surveying showy<br />
milkweed in the<br />
Pend d’Oreille<br />
valley when she<br />
caught a glimpse<br />
of a bright orange<br />
butterfly fluttering amongst the milkweeds. “The vibrant<br />
orange wings were striking, I couldn’t believe my eyes, it had<br />
to be a Monarch,” said Muncaster.<br />
Returning a week later, a Pollination Pathway team was<br />
delighted to discover at least 21 monarch larvae happily feeding<br />
on young milkweed plants. “This is the fourth confirmed<br />
breeding site for Monarchs in the West Kootenay, and the<br />
first time Monarchs have been seen here since 2018,” says<br />
Valerie Huff, program manager of the Pollination Pathway, a<br />
program of the Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS).<br />
The western Monarch population has seen precipitous<br />
declines in recent years, losing more than 95% of their<br />
numbers since the 1980s. Western Monarchs overwinter in<br />
California, unlike their eastern cousins who overwinter in<br />
Mexico. In the spring, they fly north over several generations,<br />
reaching Southern British Columbia. In late <strong>Aug</strong>ust, the<br />
Monarchs born here will fly all the way back to California.<br />
Numbers in California rebounded this year from an all-time<br />
low in 2021, a hopeful sign that there is still time to protect<br />
the species. “We are thrilled to celebrate the resilience of this<br />
iconic insect,” says Huff. “And we all have a role to play in<br />
supporting Monarchs in the West Kootenay.”<br />
Are you as excited about Monarchs as we are? Here’s what<br />
you can do:<br />
1. Protect, restore and enhance existing milkweed populations.<br />
Monarchs cannot complete their lifecycle without it,<br />
and milkweed is in serious decline here in the West Kootenay.<br />
Volunteer with KNPS and support the growing local network<br />
of monarch waystations. http://kootenaynativeplants.ca<br />
2. Create new habitat by planting showy milkweed (Asclepias<br />
speciosa) and other important nectar plants in your gardens<br />
from locally sourced seeds. http://kootenaynativeplants.<br />
ca/our-work/milkweed-for-monarchs/<br />
3. Let KNPS know if you observe Monarch activity.<br />
• Do not disturb the Monarch (in any life phase) but take<br />
clear photos and write down a description of what you see.<br />
Send this information, along with the date and location, to<br />
info@kootenaynativeplants.ca, with “Monarch sighting” in<br />
the subject line.<br />
• If you have milkweed planted in your yard, watch for<br />
flying adults and leaf-eating by larvae.<br />
• Be a citizen scientist and go on a mission for the monarch.<br />
https://www.mission-monarch.org/<br />
• Learn more about monarch butterflies by visiting the<br />
Monarch Joint Venture website. (https://monarchjointventure.org)<br />
About the Kootenay Native Plant Society:<br />
The Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS) celebrates<br />
the rich native flora of the West Kootenay region of British<br />
Columbia. We seek to foster an understanding and appreciation<br />
of our native plants and to preserve their diversity<br />
for future generations. The Pollination Pathway Climate<br />
Adaptation Initiative is a five-year KNPS project focused on<br />
enhancing plant-pollinator networks and building ecological<br />
resilience in the Lower Columbia Region of south-central<br />
British Columbia.<br />
KNPS gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the<br />
Columbia Basin Trust, Selkirk Innovates, and Mitacs.<br />
Kootenay Native Plant Society<br />
New Long-Term Care Beds<br />
People in Nelson and surrounding areas will soon have<br />
access to high-quality long-term care in their community<br />
with the construction of 75 new publicly funded long-term<br />
care beds at 902 Eleventh St. in Nelson.<br />
The long-term care is a partnership between the Ministry<br />
of Health, Interior Health, Columbia Basin Trust, and<br />
Golden Life Management and is expected to be complete in<br />
September 2024. It will be part of the Nelson Health Campus,<br />
a new modern location that will include the amalgamation<br />
of existing local health services into one place.<br />
“Seniors and indigenous elders deserve safe, comfortable<br />
and high-quality care close to home,” said Adrian Dix, Minister<br />
of Health. “This new facility, which is part of the largest<br />
one-time increase in long-term care beds in the Interior in<br />
more than 16 years,<br />
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