Tagging monarchs at the library

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Ed Wesely from the Butterfly Barn in Milanville, PA will appear at The Western Sullivan Public Library to present a slide show and bring live monarchs to be tagged and released into the wild. Weseley will appear from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on August 16 at the Jeffersonville branch at 19 Center Street, on August 23 at the Tusten-Cochecton branch at 198 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg and on August 30 at the Delaware Free Branch on 45 Lower Main Street in Callicoon. Pre-registration at each library is suggested.

Wesely directs the Butterfly Barn, where, with the help of local children, he runs a program to conserve monarch butterflies. The center also operates a monarch website, maintains a butterfly garden and tags migrating monarchs in the autumn.

For more information email lmoran@rcls.org.