A monarch butterfly raised in Athol lingers on a Jupiter's Beard flower (also called red valerian) after an educational program with WingsRising and the Rathdrum Parks and Recreation Department Thursday in Rathdrum.
August 31, 2024
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Butterflies released as part of Rathdrum's Monarch City program
You may not realize it, but Rathdrum is also known as Monarch City. The Monarch City USA project helps the monarch butterfly population recover, city by city, raising and releasing monarch butterflies to save them from dying out.