Interpretive Naturalist Elise Bushard, left, prepares to tag a Monarch butterfly before releasing it on its' annual 2,000 mile journey to Mexico. Participating in Saturday's Lowry Nature Center's Monarch Departure Party at Carver Park Reserve in Victoria, are (left to right), Nature Center volunteer Mary Vorhes, Nathan Hofstad, Minnetrista, and three-year-old Katelyn Unze, Shakopee, accompanied by her mother, Liz, off camera to the right.
Katelyn Unze, 3, Shakopee, is shown a Monarch butterfly in it's larval stage by Three Rivers Park District Interpretive Naturalist Elise Bushard during the Monarch Departure Party Saturday, August 25, in Victoria. Participants helped celebrate the Monarch butterflies' annual 2,000 mile journey to Mexico. Participants saw live Monarchs in their different life-cycle stages, heard about past years' tagging research, and received a colorful chart of common local butterflies to take home.
Veterinary Tech head instructor Willow Wiggins, center, palpates the stomach of Niño, a year old, black lab-German pointer mix, while Niño's owners, Breanna Blask, in white, and Anthony Gonzalez, far right, look on. Niño was one of several dogs that worked with Junior Vet Camp students Saturday, August 25, at the Minnesota School of Business in Plymouth.
