The butterflies, the garden's main attraction, are also beginning to emerge. The Outdoor Campus staff and volunteers plan to raise about 2,000 butterflies inside the building. All butterflies raised indoors are released in the garden. The Outdoor Campus is in Sioux Falls, in Sertoma Park at the corner of 49th Street and Oxbow Avenue.
Admission is free.
Representatives from a variety of different agencies and agriculture producer groups throughout the region will meet in Pierre next month to discuss the future of South Dakota's black-tailed prairie dog. The meetings will begin at 8 a.m., Wednesday, July 14, at the Ramkota River Centre in Pierre. The morning session is open to the public. The Prairie Dog Summit is sponsored by the S.D. Department of Agriculture and the S.D. Department of Game, Fish and Parks. Officials say the Prairie Dog Summit will include updates on recent activities related to the potential listing of the black-tailed prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act.