Note that the Audubon Nature Institute is currently undergoing a $34 million renovation. The insectarium and butterfly garden facility is located on the New Orleans Riverfront next to the aquarium.
Just a few years ago, the eastern monarch was considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
“Doing work in Sulphur, DeRidder, New Orleans, Slidell and Terrebonne,” said Amanda Takacs, who is The Nature Conservancy’s Community Forest Conservation Coordinator for Louisiana.