<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'>Nature's Circle<br>Box 186, Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>http://vsb.cape.com/~nature<br>nature@cape.com<br>Alison Robb - 508-564-4331<br><br>Press Release <br> <br>July Butterfly Count<br><br>Since 1975 the annual butterfly count has been held in the U.S., and now in Canada and Mexico as well. Each count area is a circle 15 miles in diameter and the count is a one-day census of all butterflies observed within that circle. <br><br>The count promotes interest in butterflies, and provides results useful to scientists who are monitoring butterfly populations and habitats. An official report is available in the Spring of the following year. Everyone is encouraged to participate either as a member of the group that visits sites selected by the count leaderor as an observer in their own garden.<br><br>This year we hope more volunteers will join us. The number of butterflies counted has decreased each year since then. The sites we will visit are the same sites we visited in past years, so that a comparison can be made. There are many reasons for population changes; weather, insecticide use, and habitat decrease or increase. <br> <br>Knowledgeable butterfliers are needed on the count, and others who want to have the experience to get started are also welcome. We do important work, and we also have a good time out among the wildflowers. Anyone who would like to join us by treking with the group or by counting in their own garden should call to sign up. Do join us. <br><br>Please see attached schedule for more information.<br><div><div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>--</span></font></div></div></div></div>Alison Robb<br>508-564-4331<br>nature@cape.com</div></body></html>