# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Spring Friends Gathering: The Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: We welcome Doug Taron, Chief Curator Emeritus for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and Cindi Jablonski, Wildlife Ecologist for McHenry County Conservation District, as featured guest speakers for our Spring Gathering.

Cindi will give us a brief talk about the MCCD planting of turtlehead, and the project to increase the population of the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly.

Doug will talk about the Butterfly Monitoring program, which began in 1987. Since that time, volunteers have been collecting quantitative data on butterfly populations across the state. We will discover:

• methods used for data collection
• growth of the program
• adoption of the IL program as a model for 14 other states

We hope that you will attend to learn more about the status of our butterflies, and how outcomes can be affected by management practices.

More info at https://hackmatacknwr.org/spring-friends-gathering-the-illinois-butterfly-monitoring-network/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ringwood/spring-friends-gathering-the-illinois-butterfly-monitoring-network/200029712324815
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ringwood
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Glacial Park & Lost Valley Visitor Center
- **lat**: 42.42205
- **long**: -88.31571
- **full address**: Glacial Park & Lost Valley Visitor Center, 6418 Harts Rd, Ringwood, IL 60072-9641, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (https://allevents.in/org/friends-of-hackmatack-national-wildlife-refuge/13155241)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Glacial Park & Lost Valley Visitor Center, 6418 Harts Rd, Ringwood, IL 60072-9641, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Spring Friends Gathering: The Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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