Fender’s Blue Butterfly Habitat Restoration

Project ID: HAA087301

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Washington State University

Fiscal Year: 2008

Initial Funding: $20,000

Total Funding: $116,000

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Schultz, Cheryl

Agreement Technical Representative: Villegas-Moore, Sally

Abstract: To enhance recovery efforts for this endangered butterfly, project co-operators seek to better understand its biology. The project will assess behavioral use of Willow Corner by Fender’s blue butterfly, and map distribution of Kincaid’s lupine, and distribution and quality of nectar at Fir Butte. Results of this work will provide guidance on future restoration and conservation efforts for Fender’s blue butterfly in the Eugene, Oregon area, as well as broadly across the range of the species. (Re-numbered by BLM to L08AC14837.)
Contact BLM for project final products–thesis: Fender’s blue use of Willow Corner by Leslie Rossmell; journal article in peer-reviewed publication.
HAA087301/0A – changes number to L08AC14837