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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Butterflies are shown July 15, 2024, during a Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin butterfly field day on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Butterflies are shown July 15, 2024, during a Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin butterfly field day on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 15, 2024, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.
The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch.
The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone where there’s lots of natural habitat for butterflies.
Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”
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 nearly every 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.”
Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies.
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