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Category Archives: parks and public land
Leave No Child Inside — Forthcoming Events in June in the Chicago Region
Chicago Wilderness and its member organizations announce the 2013 Leave No Child Inside Month. Coming up are a wide range of large collaborative events and individual programs throughout the month of June. As noted by Chicago Wilderness, “Children and adults … Continue reading
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Urban Biodiversity Week Starts Today! (May 13-19)
Appropriately enough as the summer semester begins here at RU, Illinois is celebrating Urban Biodiversity Week starting today, May 13th, and running through Sunday, May 19th. As noted on the Millenium Reserve page on the State of IL website: Please … Continue reading
Posted in activities, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, events, parks and public land, restoration, water, wildlife
Looking for Something Good To Do on Earth Day?
Looking for something good to do during Earth Week and leading into Earth Day 2013 (March 22nd)? Here are some suggestions from Chicago Wilderness, organized by date. Chicago Wilderness is an alliance of more than 260 organizations throughout the Chicago … Continue reading
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RU Reforesting Plans Conservation Work in Tanzania this May
This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major and Environmental Science minor Nicole Burns. Kudos to this student-faculty effort at combining environmental science education with international forest/biodiversity conservation. I am in RU biology professor Norbert Cordeiro’s Conservation Biology … Continue reading
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“Northern Illinois Coal Mining 1850s-1974″ — Tomorrow at Midewin
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in southern Will County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, is the largest tallgrass prairie ecological restoration project east of the Mississippi River, and one of the great open space resources / biodiversity preserves … Continue reading
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“Reptiles at Midewin” — Tomorrow at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in southern Will County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, is the largest tallgrass prairie ecological restoration project east of the Mississippi River, and one of the great open space resources / biodiversity preserves … Continue reading
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“Reptiles at Midewin” — Next Week at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in southern Will County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, is the largest tallgrass prairie ecological restoration project east of the Mississippi River, and one of the great open space resources / biodiversity preserves … Continue reading
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Calumet Restoration Public Meeting Hosted by Cook County Forest Preserve (Feb 6)
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County will begin habitat restoration work in four Calumet-region preserves this winter. The District is hosting a public meeting for community members to learn about this important work. Ecologists will give an overview of … Continue reading
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“Peacock Prairie: A Photographic Journey” — tomorrow at Midewin
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in southern Will County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, is the largest tallgrass prairie ecological restoration project east of the Mississippi River, and one of the great open space resources / biodiversity preserves … Continue reading
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Dispatches from Uganda: Threats to Habitat, Biodiversity, and Sustainability — and Discoveries of Giant Rabbits!
Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading
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