Butterfly Walk Success

On April 13, about 30 Friends members and community visitors met at the Lower Suwannee NWR for a Butterfly Walk led by Barbara Woodmansee. If you didn't make it this time, keep an eye out for the fall walk which will be along the Tram Ridge Trail near Refuge headquarters.

Several participants bought the Guidebook to Butterflies of the Lower Suwannee NWR at the start of the walk, including a visitor to the area who mentioned that she would be spending the night at Manatee Springs State Park in her RV. A few days later, Barbara received an email from a woman who had been camping with her family at Manatee Springs that night to celebrate her son's 6th birthday.

It seems the visitor on the Butterfly Walk had gifted her new copy of the Guidebook to the little boy when she learned that he really loves butterflies and, with his family, has been "fostering" monarchs in their yard since he learned about them when he was 3!

The family and Barbara plan to meet at the Refuge another time for a butterfly experience. How's that for a story of spreading happiness in the world!