[Pollinator] NPW Press in Arkansas

[Ladadams at aol.com]

12th annual Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival 
Mount  Magazine State Park will take flight with activities celebrating 
butterflies and  their natural habitat during the 12th annual Mount Magazine 
Butterfly Festival  Saturday and Sunday. All activities are free and open to the 
public and designed  to provide a way for visitors to enhance their enjoyment of 
butterflies and  learn about pollination importance. This event kicks off 
National Pollinator  Week, which is officially June 22-28. 
In addition to the Diana Fritillary,  Arkansas state butterfly, the 
2,200-acre park provides habitat for over 86  butterfly species, including over 375 
wildflower species. June is typically the  peak of butterflies and wildflowers on 
the mountaintop. 
Lori Spencer,  entomologist and festival director; Don Simons, an interpreter 
at the park;  additional park interpreters; and USDA Forest Service personnel 
will be  presenting seminars and hikes. 
The popular “Bug Bonanza” will be in the park  pavilion from 9 a.m. to 4 
p.m. Saturday. Professional entomologists, state park  interpreters, and 
volunteers will assist visitors with live and mounted insects,  spiders, scorpions, 
children’s craft programs, insect games, and a self-directed  activity called “
Butterfly Explorer.” 
The Butterfly Festival will culminate  with a live concert by Mary and Robert 
Gillihan, Arkansas storytellers from  Mountain View. 
Mount Magazine State Park is located 19 miles south of Paris,  and 10 miles 
north of Havana on Highway 309. For complete schedule, contact the  Visitor 
Center at 479-963-8502 or visit www.mountmagazinestatepark.com, or  
www.butterflyfestival.com for activities in downtown Paris. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Pollinator  Partnership 
423 Washington Street, 5th floor
San Francisco, CA  94111
415-362-1137
LDA at pollinator.org

_www.pollinator.org_ (http://www.pollinator.org/) 

_www.nappc.org_ (http://www.nappc.org/) 

National Pollinator Week is June 22-28, 2008. 
Beecome  involved at _www.pollinator.org_ (http://www.pollinator.org/) 



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