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Tag Archives: mission blue butterfly
Year 9 of Mission Blue Butterfly on Twin Peaks: Mixed Results
It’s now Year 9 of the the Mission Blue butterfly project on Twin Peaks, San Francisco. In 2008, SF Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) started trying an attempt to reintroduce the Mission Blue Butterfly to Twin Peaks, by planting lupine and transferring … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, mission blue butterfly, San Bruno Mountain, san francisco, Twin Peaks
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Mission Blue Butterfly on Twin Peaks 2016 Update: Imports from San Bruno Continue
The ongoing project to establish the Mission Blue Butterfly (an endangered subspecies of butterfly) on San Francisco’s Twin Peaks is, well, ongoing. On the basis of the most recent information we received under the Sunshine Act, the Twin Peaks population … Continue reading
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Tagged Garlon 4 Ultra, mission blue butterfly, Twin Peaks
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Mission Blue Butterfly- The Latest on Twin Peaks
In November 2014, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department published an upbeat progress report on their project to reintroduce the Mission Blue butterfly to Twin Peaks. This butterfly is an endangered subspecies of the not-threatened Boisduval’s Blue. The project staff … Continue reading
Mission Blue Butterfly – Uncertainty Saga
Regular readers of this website know that we’ve been following the Natural Areas Programs attempts to reintroduce the Mission Blue Butterfly to Twin Peaks. We’ve just obtained the latest report from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Dept (SFRPD). It’s very … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, mission blue butterfly, Natural Areas Program, Twin Peaks, wildlife
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Twin Peaks and the Mission Blue Butterfly: Why it’s Still Uncertain
[THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN APRIL 2011 AND UPDATED Feb 2012] Last year, journalists were celebrating the return of the Mission Blue butterfly to Twin Peaks. From the SF Chronicle of 7 May 2010: “Everyone comes back to San Francisco, … Continue reading
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