CANCELLED – Due to damage, flooding and road closures from hurricane Helene, the CBS Board has decided to cancel the symposium that was scheduled for Saturday, October 5.

Come and join us for the Carolina Butterfly Society 2024 Symposium that will be held on Saturday, October 5 at the Stanford M. Adams Training Facility in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Check-in will be from 9:00 am to 9:30 am. The cost to attend is $20.00 per person, which includes lunch, drinks and snacks. Please return your registration, lunch form (available using the Symposium Registration & Lunch Form 2024 link below) and payment so we receive them by September 25.

Featured Presentations

“My Experiences as a Relatively and Perpetually New Butterflier, or How to take up Butterflying without feeling overwhelmed and intimidated” – Alison Smith, CBS Past-President and Current Secretary

“Those Skippers and Other Hard to Identify Butterflies” – Harry LeGrand – Co-Author of Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia

“Monarchs and Migration in North Carolina” – Brian Bockhahn – North Carolina State Parks

“(Mostly) Native Pollinator Gardens for Butterflies” – Debbie Roos – Agriculture Agent of the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Walk – Tour of the “Pollinator Paradise” Garden in Pittsboro, NC, led by Debbie Roos. Directions can be obtained using the Symposium and Walk Directions 2024 link below. Hard copies will also be available at the symposium.

Additional Optional Opportunity – Visit Rachel’s Native Plants nursery in Pittsboro, NC. Directions can be obtained using the Symposium and Walk Directions 2024 link below. Hard copies will also be available at the symposium.

Symposium Registration and Lunch Form – Either click on or copy and paste the following link into your browser of choice – Symposium Registration & Lunch Form 2024

Directions

Symposium – Stanford M. Adams Training Facility
2832 Big Woods Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517-7657
> 35.77721, -79.04465 = GPS Coordinates for driveway entrance at Jordan Lake Educational State Forest
> 35.77419, -79.04146 = GPS Coordinates for Stanford M. Adams Training Facility parking lot
— From US Hwy 64, travel north on Big Woods Road for 2.8 miles to the entrance of Jordan Lake Educational State Forest.
— Turn right (east) into the State Forest and follow the dirt road for 0.3 miles. The road will end at the parking lot for Stanford M. Adams Training Facility.

Symposium Walks – Either click on or copy and paste the following link into your browser of choice – Symposium and Walk Directions 2024

Lodging can be found in Chapel Hill and Apex, NC.

Additional Butterfly Walks have also been planned for Friday, October 4, from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Transis Camp Road, Jordan Lake Game Land in Chapel Hill, NC, and Sunday, October 6, from 9:30 am until 2:00/3:00 pm at Jordan Lake Tailrace and Deep River State Natural Area in Moncure, NC. Please refer to the Events Calendar on these specific dates for full details. Directions can be obtained using the Symposium and Walk Directions 2024 link above. Hard copies will also be available at the symposium.

Make plans now to bring a friend and join us.