Oregon Zoo Butterfly Conservation Project

As a charter member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Butterfly Conservation Initiative, which includes nearly 50 zoos and aquariums, the Oregon Zoo is strongly committed to butterfly conservation.

The butterfly conservation team at the zoo rears and releases threatened species researches special habitat needs; visits sites during adult flight season assists with on-site habitat management and propagates host plants.

The zoo has achieved great success in its work with the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly, raising and releasing thousands of these butterflies over the past nine years.