Huge thanks to the hosting organizations!

• WEDNESDAY JUL 10, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - White Deer Park Classroom, Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, Garner, NC
  10:00am - 12:00 Noon
  Event is FREE.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a community science butterfly monitor. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for details and registration


• TUESDAY JUNE 18, 2024: CAROLINAS BUTTERFLY MONITORING PROGRAM workshop - Carvers Creek S.P., NC
  10:00 - Noon
  This workshop is for State Park Staff and will introduce the CarBMP and how to conduct a survey.


• THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Aquarium, Ft. Fisher, NC
  10:00am - Noon
  Event is FREE.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a community science butterfly monitor. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  To register, contact Gail Lemiec at the NC Aquarium


• Wednesday May 8, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Harris Lake County Park, Wake County, NC
  1:30 - 3:30pm
  Event is for Wake County Park, Recreation, and Open Spaces staff.
  Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  To register, send an email to Jeff.


• Saturday May 4, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Praire Ridge Ecostation, NC Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC
  1:30 - 3:30pm
  Event is FREE and you do not have to be a Museum member to attend.
  Event will take place at the Museum's Prairie Ridge Ecostation off Edward's Mill Rd. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for details and registration.


• MAY 2, 2024: Field Training for National Park Service - 9:30am Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at The Purchase, NC
  This field experience will include training on how to identify butterflies, select a survey route, conduct a Pollard Walk butterfly survey, and enter data to the national databsse.
  Program is BYO lunch and by invitation.


• WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Valle Crucis Community Park, Valle Crucis, NC
  Tentatively 11:00am
  Event is FREE.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a community science butterfly monitor. This will be an all-outdoor event and last about an hour. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  To register, contact Paul Laurent and Jeff Pippen


• SUNDAY APR 14, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - White Deer Park Classroom, Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, Garner, NC
  1:30 - 3:30pm
  Event is FREE.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a community science butterfly monitor. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for details and registration


• MONDAY APR 8, 2024: CAROLINAS BUTTERFLY MONITORING PROGRAM workshop - Dismal Swamp S.P., NC
  9:00 - 11:00am
  This workshop is for State Park Staff and will introduce the CarBMP and how to conduct a survey.


• WEDNESDAY MAR 20, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Aquarium, Manteo, NC
  1:00 - 3:00pm
  Event is FREE.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a community science butterfly monitor. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  To register, contact Rachel Veal at the NC Aquarium


• FRIDAY JAN 19, 2024: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Comfort Inn South Oceanfront, 8031 South Oregon Inlet Rd., Nags Head, NC
  ~7 - 8pm
  Event is the Friday night keynote talk for the Annual Carolina Bird Club Winter Meeting
  Click here for details and registration


• October 27, 2023: Introducing the Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program: Using Citizen Science to Assess Insect Population Trends on a Continental Scale - Biology Dept. Seminar, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC
  12:15pm - 1:30pm


• October 5, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Blue Ridge Conservancy, Blowing Rock, NC
  1:30pm - 3:30pm
  Event is free, and you do not have to be a member to attend.
  Event will take place at the Blue Ridge Conservancy at 416 Aho Rd off US 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them.
  Click here for details. To register, please send an email to Guy McGrane ("badgerboy AT wilkes.net")


• August 26, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC
  10am - Noon
  You do not have to be a member to attend.
  Event will take place at the NC Botanical Garden off Old Mason Farm Rd. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for details and registration


• Aug 9 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pines, NC
  10am - Noon
  Event is FREE
  Event will take place at the Weymouth Woods Visitor Center, 1024 N Fort Bragg Rd, Southern Pines, NC. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for more information.
  To register, send an email to jeffpippen9@gmail.com and indicate you'd like to register for the Aug 9, 2023 Weymouth Woods Workshop.


• July 29, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC
  10am - Noon
  Event is FREE and you do not have to be a Museum member to attend.
  Event will take place at the Museum's Prairie Ridge Ecostation off Edward's Mill Rd. Bring close-focus binoculars if you have them!
  Click here for details and registration.


• MAY 18, 2023: Field Training: how to conduct a Pollard Walk butterfly survey - 11am Hot Springs, NC
  This field experience will walk you through how to set up a survey route and conduct a butterfly survey
  Program is BYO lunch and will be followed by an afternoon butterfly walk


• MAY 17, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC
  Event is FREE and you do not have to be a Museum member to attend.
  Event will take place at the Museum's Prairie Ridge Ecostation off Edward's Mill Rd.
  Click here for details and registration.


• MAY 16, 2023: Field Training: how to conduct a Pollard Walk butterfly survey - 10am Quail Roost, Durham, NC
  This field experience will walk you through how to set up a survey route and conduct a butterfly survey
  Program will include a butterfly ID walk


• MAY 10, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC
  Event is FREE and you do not have to be a Museum member to attend.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a citizen science butterfly monitor.
  Click here for details and registration.


• MAY 3, 2023: CAROLINAS WILD BUTTERFLIES: IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING - NC Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC
  Event is FREE and you do not have to be a Museum member to attend.
  This workshop will introduce you to some North Carolina butterfly diversity, how to identify butterflies, and how to become a citizen science butterfly monitor.
  Click here for details and registration.