Monarch Magic!
Become a community scientist by observing, measuring, weighing, and tagging live monarchs.
This event will feature:
- Monarch displays
- Monarch crafts
- Identification of monarch-friendly plants
- Monarch survival games
- Monarch and pollinator kid-friendly obstacle course
- Monarch habitat and life cycle challenges
- Monarch migration passport for prizes
- Book giveaway
- Door prizes
- Resources for homeowners
- Resources for farmers and landowners across Story, Boone, and Hamilton counties who want to add pollinator habitat
Sponsored by Prairie Rivers of Iowa with help from Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park, Outdoor Alliance of Story County, Raising Readers in Story County, Boone County Soil & Water Conservation District, Iowa State University Entomology & EEOB, City of Ames, Bird Friendly Iowa, and Story County Conservation.
