Amy Lambert’s San Juan Island Research and Conservation Efforts Featured

san juan island research and conservation

IAS faculty member Amy Lambert’s work on the island marble butterfly is featured in an article from the Issaquah Press. “Groups seek to protect rare butterfly on San Juan Island” highlights over a decade of Lambert’s research into the species that was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered on San Juan Island in 1998. The article notes that Lambert’s efforts have resulted in concrete conservation efforts, protecting the habitat that is vital to the survival of this endangered species.