Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Habitat Restoration at Helliwell Park

environment · October 2019 · Helliwell Provincial Park

Hornby Island Community School students and adults participated in habitat restoration at Helliwell Provincial Park to support the endangered Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly. Activities included removing invasive weeds and planting native species to prepare for the release of captive-reared caterpillars.

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• “Nine Hornby Island Community School students were seen in Helliwell Provincial Park... They removed nearly 500 Hairy Cat’s Ear weeds from three sites and planted 518 seedlings of native grass, Woolly Sunflower and Yarrow... to prepare the areas to release captive reared Taylor’s Checkerspot caterpillars from the Greater Vancouver Zoo.” — The Islands Grapevine – November 14th, 2019 (November 14th, 2019)

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