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The Urban Wildlands Group The Urban Wildlands Group is dedicated to the protection of species, habitats, and ecological processes in urban and urbanizing areas.
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Laguna Mountain Skipper |
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UWG, through our collaboration The Butterfly Project with Moorpark College, researched the feasibility of captive rearing for the endangered Laguna Mountain Skipper. We then wrote a reintroduction plan for the species and a project-specific plan to collect skippers from Palomar Mountain, rear their offspring in captivity, and then release them on Laguna Mountain. That work is currently ongoig (2023). Reports Johnson, J., T. Longcore, A. Clause, A. Lansing, D. Renner, A. Romero, B. Messerschmidt, B. Pickett, P. Kores, and K. Courtney. Captive Rearing of Laguna Mountain Skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae): Final Report. Los Angeles: The Urban Wildlands Group (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Agreement No. 814307J024). 26 pp. (September 8, 2010). Mattoni, R., and T. Longcore. Field studies and conservation planning for the endangered Laguna Mountains Skipper Pyrgus ruralis lagunae. Los Angeles, Urban Wildlands Group, UCLA Depart-ment of Geography (October 6, 1998). |
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