A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for last night’s Monarch Waystation Reunion with the Westmoreland Pollinator Partners. Your passion for creating habitat for monarchs and other pollinators is helping make a real difference across America’s Laurel Highlands. Thank you to the Westmoreland Conservation District for the use of the J. Roy Houston Conservation Center in Greensburg. A special thank you to Baked Blessings for the beautiful cookies showcasing every stage of the monarch butterfly’s life cycle. They were almost too pretty to eat!
We’re also deeply grateful to the sponsors of the 250 Monarch Waystations in America’s Laurel Highlands initiative, Pennsylvania Environmental Council and FirstEnergy, for helping grow a network of habitats that will benefit pollinators for years to come. And to our many partners in this effort, especially Brandywine’s Penguin Court and the Penn State Master Gardeners of Westmoreland County who are leading the way and doing mucj of the behind the scenes work.
Thank you also to the informative speakers Andrea Kautz from Powdermill Nature Reserve and Pam Curtin of West Overton Village and Museums
There’s still time to be part of this amazing effort to create 250 Monarch Waystations in America’s Laurel Highlands. Create or register your Monarch Waystation or join us for Monarchs, Milkweed & More at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art – Ligonier Valley on Saturday, August 15. Together, we can help ensure monarch butterflies continue to thrive in the Laurel Highlands and beyond.
Register your Monarch Waystation at: Penguin Court & Thomas Road Farm | Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art These activities are supported in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program Environmental Stewardship Fund under the administration of the Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, administered through the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Laurel Highlands Mini Grant Program. Brandywine Conservancy, Discover Westmoreland, and FirstEnergy are supplying matching funds, while WPP is providing in-kind contributions.