Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Silverspot Recovery

USFWS Portland-based staff and partners from the Institute for Applied Ecology partnered with Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge to plant early blue violets and pearly everlasting flowers on the refuge's Cannery Hill unit. These flower are native to the refuge's coastal prairie habitat. The project is part of a joint effort to aid in the recovery of the Oregon silverspot butterfly, a Federally threatened species. Volunteers to the planting event receive their orientation to coastal prairie habitat from USFWS biologist and Oregon silverspot butterfly expert, Anne Walker.