September 6, 2023
Monarch Madness
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Aina Ferris, a Missouri Master Naturalist, is shown here with her children on the hunt for Monarch butterflies.
Monarch Madness Pollinator Festival at Weldon Spring celebrates pollinating creatures that help nature thrive By Brett Auten A butterfly-palooza of sorts will be taking place at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center. A butterfly-palooza of sorts will be taking place at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center. Monarch Madness Pollinator Festival will be held on Sept. 16 and visitors will bask in a variety of interactive learning experiences at this event. Annually, using mysterious powers rivaling a Global Positioning System, monarch butterflies navigate a landscape vaster than
the span of the continental United States. With instinct alone as their guide and in perfect sync, thousands journey through the air each autumn to one specific mountain range in Mexico. The showy, familiar orange and black monarchs are the only insects that make this amazing migration and this incredible odyssey goes right through Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation will join the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center, Missouri Pollinator Network, St. Charles County Parks, and a host of other partners from 10 a.m.—3 p.m. This event takes place at the grounds of the Wel-
don Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles and celebrates the amazing monarchs. The event is free and open to all ages. “We are all about your littlest of creatures,” Aina Ferris, a Missouri Master Naturalist, said. “Events like this are 110% engagement. We want to inspire residents to do what they can and learn from the various experts at the event.” Though monarchs are the headliners, the Monarch Madness festival will celebrate all pollinating creatures that help our plants thrive. The event will be fun for the See ‘MONARCH’ page 2
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