Alpine Communications Co-Sponsors Music & Monarchs in Elkader
Saturday May 9th, 2015
Founder’s Park, Elkader, IA
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Musical acts include: Jon Stravers, Sophia Landis, The Driftless Sisters, Dave Zollo, The Way Down Wanders

Make plans to come celebrate with us on the banks of the Turkey River in Elkader, Iowa May 9th 2015. A free concert Saturday afternoon from 1-7PM in Founders Park featuring the up and coming bluegrass band, “The Way Down Wanderers” with special appearances by Jon Stravers, The Driftless Sisters, Dave Zollo, and local performer Sophia Landis.

Sponsored by the Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network. The event will draw attention to the habitat needs of the rapidly declining monarch butterfly population and what each of us can do to help this and other species by restoring critical habitat. Free milkweed plants, the host plant of the monarch, will be available.

  • Free Milkweek Plants
  • Habitat Education Station
  • Monarch Face Painting by Lori Keppler
  • Children Crafts
  • Bring Your Own: Picnic, Beverages, Refillable H2O bottle & Chairs
  • Culligan Water Fill Station will be provided

Read more about the plight of the Monarch butterfly HERE Music and Monarchs