FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2026

Learn about the Monarch life cycle at Saluda Library

SALUDA, N. C., (January 28, 2026) Learn about the Monarchs of Michoacán, Mexico on Tuesday, February 10th at 2pm at Saluda Library. Presenter Heyward Douglass will discuss the Monarch life cycle that allows the butterflies to fly north from Mexico through multiple life cycles until they reach southern Canada, then return to their wintering grounds in southern Mexico in one long, hazard-filled “super generation.” Heyward has worked as a naturalist at Oconee and Table Rock State Parks and with the Clemson Cooperative Extension Services, and as the Executive Director of the Foothills Trail Conservancy. He has an M.S. in Entomology and visited the Monarch Butterfly Mexican wintering grounds in February 2020.

Please register for this event at conservingcarolina.org/calendar. The Saluda Library Speaker Series is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 44 West Main Street, Saluda, NC. This program series began in 2024 thanks to a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation, and is now made possible due to the continued partnership between Polk County Public Libraries and Conserving Carolina.

Polk County Public Libraries has two libraries, Columbus Library and Saluda Library, with books, movies, music, audiobooks, and downloadable eBooks and audiobooks available for checkout, as well as public computers and wireless internet access. PCPL also offers regularly scheduled virtual and in-person programs for all ages. To learn more, visit www.polklibrary.org.