In July, the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Site held a public tour of regal fritillary butterfly habitats they are preserving on the post.

Go along with the tour in this video feature and learn about current efforts to restore native grassland habitat with the ultimate goal of returning the Regal Fritillary.

Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live fire, maneuver military training facility in the commonwealth. It balances one of the region's most ecologically diverse areas with a military mission that annually supports 19,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 130,000 other states' Guard, military, law enforcement, and civilian personal each year.

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Guided Tours of Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat Slate at Fort Indiantown Gap

8/8/2008