Monarch Butterflies in the Flathead - What we know, what we’re learning and what to do.

Name: Monarch Butterflies in the Flathead - What we know, what we’re learning and what to do.
Start: 2026-02-23T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-02-23T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Northwest Montana History Museum

Schedule

Mon Feb 23 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Northwest Montana History Museum | Kalispell, MT

Glenn Marangelo
Development Director and Founder
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium
Glenn has called Missoula home since 1995. He has worked as a non-profit fundraiser having worked with Five Valleys Land Trust and Wilderness Watch, among others. In 2009 he helped found the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. Glenn makes insect-filled visits in Montana and loves to “talk bugs”.
Jessie Walthers
Conservation Program Manager
Jessie has lived in the Flathead since 2015. She is an educator and a manager of conservation programs in land management and stewardship. She fosters the Pollinator Initiative for the Flathead Conservation District.
Kathy Ross, Flathead Valley Naturalist
Kathy Ross is an advocate for birds, pollinators and native plants. She has been a landscaper in the Flathead Valley for 36 years and has done years of Citizen Science work for Audubon, Native Plant Society and Glacier National Park. Last summer she documented wild Monarch Butterflies in a Kalispell garden from larval stage to adult butterflies.