This is a special tour for Placer Land Trust members of the private Shutamul Bear River Preserve, which is home to the elusive State Insect, the California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice). June is the best time to see this beautiful butterfly in its natural habitat — an honor that very few people get to experience! The tour will be led by Greg Kareofelas, a butterfly expert from UC Davis’s Bohart Museum of Entomology, as well as Placer Land Trust staff and/or volunteers. It’s an easy 2-mile round trip, with one steep hill that goes down to the Bear River, which is optional. Bring lunch or a snack to enjoy down by the river, or at the top of the hill in the shade.