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Fender's blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi [1]) is a subspecies of Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides) endemic to the Willamette Valley of northwestern Oregon, United States. [2] The potential range of the butterfly extends from south and west of Portland, OR to south of Eugene, OR.
The oak savanna habitat on the Refuge supports the largest surviving population of the endangered Fender's blue butterfly which feeds upon the threatened Kincaid's lupine plant. [citation needed] The Refuge was named for George J. Baskett, an early Willamette Valley settler, who was a thoroughbred horse breeder. [citation needed]
Icaricia icarioides, [1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies. [2] Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. [3] Its habitats include dunes, mountains, meadows, streams, and sage-lands.
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Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,696-acre (176.83 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northern Juneau County, Wisconsin near the village of Necedah.It was established in 1939 and is famous as the northern nesting site for reintroduction of an eastern United States population of the endangered whooping crane.
The Fender blue butterfly is found only in the Willamette Valley. Date: 4 June 2007, 10:10: Source: Fender blue butterfly, Nicholas Testa. Uploaded by Smallman12q; Author: Oregon Department of Transportation
The Dells were made famous in 1886 by the photographer H. H. Bennett, who took the first stop-action photo of his son jumping onto Stand Rock. [5] The Kilbourn Dam, completed in 1909, raised the water level of the Upper Dells by about 17 feet (5.2 m), flooding some of the caves and rock formations in Bennett's photographs. [6] [7]
Wisconsin Dells is a city in Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. A popular Midwestern tourist destination, Wisconsin Dells is home to several water parks and tourist attractions. [7] The city had a population of 2,942 as of the 2020 census. [4]