Join us as we search fields and fens, mountains and meadows, even your own backyard, to document the status of Vermont butterflies.
The Vermont Butterfly Atlas is a five-year survey that is completed every 20 years with the help of volunteer community scientists, who document the abundance and distribution of butterflies across Vermont. VBA is part of a network of atlases across the Northeast, spanning from Connecticut through the Canadian Maritimes, giving us a priceless for future comparisons and conservation. We are now poised to be the first state or provincial atlas to repeat a butterfly atlas 20 years later.
Butterflies were largely a mystery in Vermont before hundreds of volunteer community scientists joined us for the first Vermont Butterfly Atlas (2002-2007), heralding a new era for their conservation.
The Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas is a rare opportunity for us to understand how butterfly populations have changed, and prescribe conservation actions to keep common species common, and reverse the trends for those in trouble.
We need volunteers like you to survey for butterflies and contribute to the atlas. Adopt a priority block, and visit it at least once per month during the growing season. Note down and take photos of all the butterflies you see, and submit them to eButterfly for verification.
