During the 2009 Roan Mountain Naturalists' Rally, the Miller Homestead area of the park was dedicated as a Monarch Butterfly Waystation. The keynote speaker of the rally was Dr. Lincoln Brower, a world-renowned specialist on Monarch butterflies. He got the honor of posting the sign on the kiosk.
) along the trail and on the roads. They always seem to be in a hurry to get somewhere! In October one of the towns in western NC has a Wooly Worm Festival to get the "winter forecast" from the black and brown critters. Wooly Bears become Isabella Tiger Moths after pupation.
