MIDEWIN
EXPLORATIONS
LECTURE
SERIES
2009
The 2009 Midewin
Lecture Series will offer 10 public lectures on scheduled Thursday
evenings between January 15 and June 4.
Each program will introduce participants to some aspect of the
natural and cultural history of Midewin and northeastern Illinois.
The presenters include Midewin staff, faculty from area
universities, and individual experts.
The lectures will
begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Midewin Supervisor’s Office, located 2 miles
north of Wilmington on Illinois Highway 53. Doors will open at 6:30
p.m. Advance registration is not necessary. There is no fee
for attending the program. Call (815) 423-6370 during regular business hours for directions or
more information.
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January
15
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Snowflake
Watching
Chelsea
Muise,
Environmental
Education Specialist,
Midewin
National Tallgrass Prairie
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February 5
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Welcoming
Bees to Your Backyard
Dr.
Alan Molumby,
University
of
Illinois
at
Chicago
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February 19
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Native
Flora: How Do We Know?
Greg
Spyreas
,
Illinois
Natural History Survey
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March 5
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Black-Crowned
Night-Herons and Environmental Contamination
Jeff
Levengood, Ph.D.,
Illinois
Natural History Survey
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March 19
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The
Archaeology of Farmsteads at Midewin
Michael
Gregory, Ph.D.,
Great Lakes
Archaeology
Research
Center
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April 2
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History
and Impacts of Agricultural Field Tiling
Ed
Collins,
McHenry
County Conservation District
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April 16
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Monarch
Butterflies: A Magnificent Migrant
Dr.
Doug Taron,
Peggy
Notebaert
Nature
Museum
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May 7
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International
Programs of the
U.S.
Forest
Service
Mike Rizo,
Forest
Service International Programs
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May 21
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Daniel
Burnham’s Chicago
“HFK
Presents”
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June
4
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Bats
of
Illinois
Sharon
Peterson, “Incredible Bats”
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