Check out our latest story! Once vanished, rare butterfly reintroduced on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Our latest story!   Once vanished, rare butterfly reintroduced on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge A member of the brushfoot family, the black, white, and orange-checkered butterfly was once commonly seen south of Ventura County, ranging to the inland valleys south of the Tehachapi Mountains and into northern Baja California. The last time one was spotted on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge was in 2012. Credit: Andrew Fisher/USFWS   By Lisa Cox February 2, 2017 The recovery of an endangered butterfly in southern San Diego made history recently. A team of biologists from the San Diego Zoo, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Diego State University and the Conservation Biology Institute released 742 larvae of the endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) onto the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge last December, the first-ever captive-rearing attempts for this butterfly species. In January, another 771 caterpillars were released, bring the total to 1,513.   Continue to the full story... Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825