The Butterfly Effect: How a Colorado Development Became a Pollinator Performance Paradise
by Alex Bullock, PLA, Wenk Associates
In 2019, a scientist in search of pollinators completed an audit of an ecologically unproductive, 1,000-acre site in Broomfield, Colorado. As an employee of Butterfly Pavilion, she and the team were disappointed to review the bee and butterfly observations on her clipboard: a single (quasi-invasive) cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae). Amy Yarger was partnered with McWhinney, the company planning to build the mixed-use development on the site.