Chapter Events

What are the 13 invasive species found in Lake County?  Learn identifying characteristics, practical tips and the best time of year to manage them.  Plus discover key steps to introduce native flowers, shrubs and trees into your home landscape.

Join Xerces Society Ambassador, Brandie Dunn, as she sheds some light on the enchanting world of fireflies. Learn about their distribution and life history, as well as how human activities are placing them more and more at risk. Leave inspired to adopt simple acts that add up and brighten the future for these charismatic and universally beloved creatures.

Join author and natural history educator Cindy Crosby, as she discusses how Illinois' original garden, the tallgrass prairie, has been shaped by bison. Learn how these charismatic megafauna are being restored to Illinois prairies and listen to tales of their connections, both historical and  contemporary, to some Native American tribes. 

Learn about the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s Plant-Pollinator Monitoring Program. Restoration Ecologist Dan Sandacz, will share results from the first few years of the program and how preserve ecologists use the monitoring efforts to inform future restoration and conservation strategies. Native plant recommendations to support pollinator habitat will also be discussed.

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