National Butterfly Center, Mission Texas, a project of the North American Butterfly Association.

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National Butterfly Center Expansion Adds 350 Acres

(Mission, TX) – Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg, president and founder of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA), recently announced the organization’s acquisition of an additional 350 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, for the benefit of wild, free-flying butterflies.

Thanks to a generous donation from The Nature Conservancy, NABA has taken possession of the property formerly known as ‘Chihuahua Woods,’ located just six miles west of NABA’s flagship project, the National Butterfly Center. The newly acquired acreage will now be named ‘Pixie Preserve,’ with distinct hours of operation to be published as soon as it is ready to reopen to the public.