Photo Essay: Lupine flowers support butterfly habitat at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Lupine flowers are shown June 6, 2019, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The flowers are an important food source for the Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species. The butterfly has thrived at Fort McCoy because of the availability of flowering areas for lupines. The areas are available thanks to work completed by post natural resources personnel while partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

06.12.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                         

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Lupine flowers are shown on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The flowers are an important food source for the Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species.

The butterfly has thrived at Fort McCoy because of the availability of flowering areas for lupines.

The areas are available thanks to work completed by post natural resources personnel while partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 06.12.2019
• Date Posted: 06.12.2019 11:12
• Story ID: 326914
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US