Engage with the careful documentation of local butterfly populations and collaborative work of University of Nevada, Reno biologist Matt Forister. When a species isn’t spotted the wild for some time, it is considered lost rather than extinct and sometimes seen again. He will discusses the contemporary biodiversity crisis, including the local examples and the concept of lost species, and the recent creation of the Journal of Lost Species, to advance our scientific understanding of extinction, the rediscovery of lost species, and to establish a permanent record for species that will never be seen in the wild again.

This program is a compliment to the many butterfly centered artworks and stories of species struggling to survive the anthropocene in Into the Time Horizon.