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June 2, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Grace Episcopal Church 303 Main Street Kilmarnock, Virginia Program: Monarch Butterflies Speaker: . Audrey Brainard Audrey Brainard will share her experiences of traveling to Mexico to see the Monarch Butterflies over wintering. Her pictures will take the participants through the year of a Monarch family. Some Monarchs travel as far as 3,000 miles (one way) to spend the winter in the Oyamel Fir Forest at two miles above seal level. In March they make the return trip to lay eggs on milkweed, moving northward as the milkweed emerges in the United States. The Monarchs reach the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck as early as May. Brainard is part of an international program, Monarch Teacher Network-ERIC, that encourages the raising and release of this beautiful orange butterfly and the raising of milkweed, the only host plant of the Monarchs. Audrey Brainard, a retired Elementary Science Consultant, has worked with teachers throughout the United States in developing hands-on science activities to help students understand the world around them. She is presently the Chair of the Reedville Fishermen�s Museum, Conservation Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Garden Club, a coordinator of the Water Festival, and will be returning as a director of the Northern Neck Audubon Society this coming year. She worked on developing the nature trails at the Northumberland Elementary School, Dameron Marsh, and the Chesapeake Trail in Lancaster. This program, open to all, will be held at 7:00 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock. Attendees are invited for refreshments after the program. |
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