In this archived broadcast from July 20, 1990, John Weeks talks about the development of butterflies and their purpose in wild life. He talks about a trip he took to Georgia and went to the butterfly house at Callaway Gardens. He also talks about the birth of butterflies and goes into details about the things he saw at the butterfly house. Weeks says that when looking at butterflies you will experience unexpected rewards.
John Weeks studied ornithology and wildlife management at Cornell University and earned a graduate degree in plant ecology from Syracuse University. He has served as Conservation Biologist for the NYS Conservation Department; Associate Professor of Biology at SUNY Oswego; Founding Director of The Rogers Environmental Education Center at Sherburne, NY; and Director of the Onondaga Nature Center and Center for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods, Marcellus, NY. He assisted in the creation of the Cayuga Nature Center and the Sterling Nature Center in Cayuga County near Fair Haven, NY.
