What native plants does Possibility Place recommend to rewild your garden? Kelsay Shaw, Botanist from the native plants nursery, will share. Register and Get Link Here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemLYAf9zLeNVtw1Yudeh7o5UmWmJ5_Az01keUGg_sX2XqDwg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Which native plants absorb the most stormwater? Which are best for songbirds and caterpillars? Which feed the most wildlife? Bring your questions about native plants to Natural Habitat Evanston leads Leslie Shad and Allison Sloan. Register https://evanston.libnet.info/event/4817978
It’s A Night Thing: How Dispelling the Dark has Altered our World Ken Walczak Board of Directors, DarkSky International, helped co-found the local DarkSky Chicago chapter Senior Manager, Adler Planetarium Associate. REGISTER for the first speaker https://evanston.libnet.info/event/10078035 The Full Series: https://climate-action-evanston.webflow.io/natural-habitat-initiatives/nurturing-nature-speaker-series Artificial lighting has chased away the dark with devastating effect on insects, birds, humans and other species. Fireflies simply stop blinking rather than compete with lights, giving up their breeding success for our artificial lights. With Ken Walczak of Adler Planetarium and DarkSky Chicago, […]
Seth Magle, Ph.D., Director, Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo What wildlife wanders, forages and hunts in our urban ecosystem? Some species are new arrivals, and others have been here all along, thank you. Using Lincoln Park Zoo’s diverse scientific specialties, the Urban Wildlife Institute studies the interaction between metropolitan development and nature. Learn about […]
Annette Prince, Director, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors Nearly a billion birds perish each year as a result of window strikes. They see the sky or tree in a window reflection and fly towards it, dying at the solid pane. For decades, Annette Prince of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors has collected about 11,000 birds a […]
Doug Taron, Curator of Biology and Vice President of Research and Conservation, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum "I don't see as many butterflies as I used to." Is this statement really true? Doug Taron from the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network tracks long-term trends in butterfly populations. He sees a significant decline in abundance from 1997 to […]
