The North American Butterfly Association

The North American Butterfly Association

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The North American Butterfly Association is a non-profit charity that was founded in 1992 to promote the conservation and enjoyment of butterflies in North America. The organization is dedicated to increasing public awareness and understanding of butterflies and their habitats and to preserving the natural resources upon which they depend.

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One of the primary goals of NABA is to conserve butterfly species throughout North America. The organization has been successful in providing grants to help endangered butterfly species and has been instrumental in convincing government agencies and other organizations to protect critical butterfly habitats.
NABA operates the National Butterfly Center, a conservation, education, and research center in Mission, Texas. The center has been transformed from an agricultural field into the largest botanical garden in the United States that focuses on using native plants in a garden setting. The National Butterfly Center has been successful in attracting over 220 species of wild butterflies.
NABA also runs the NABA Butterfly Monitoring Program, which includes the 4th of July Butterfly Counts. This program has amassed the largest database of butterfly occurrences and abundances in the world, which is increasingly used by scientists to study butterfly population trends and to answer questions about butterfly biology.
The organization also promotes butterfly gardening through its Program for Butterfly Gardening and Habitats. NABA offers a Butterfly Garden Certification program for individuals and institutions interested in creating habitats that increase the world’s population of butterflies.
NABA’s Names Committee evaluates newly published data regarding butterfly taxonomy and makes changes to the NABA Checklist and English Names of North American Butterflies, which is published by NABA.
Finally, NABA has chapters throughout the United States that work at the state and/or local level to conserve butterflies and to educate the public about the importance of butterflies. The organization is changing the way people view butterflies by promoting them as a subject for family fun, gardening, and photography.

 

 

 

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