The Lake County Forest Preserve District ecologists began monitoring the relationships between plants and pollinators in 2023 as part of their overall ecological monitoring efforts. Learn about the Plant-Pollinator Monitoring Program, results from the first few years and how preserve ecologists use the monitoring efforts to inform future restoration and conservation strategies. Applications to natural landscaping and native plant recommendations to support pollinator habitat will also be discussed.
About Our Speaker
Dan Sandacz has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Lawrence University and his Master of Science in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University. His background is in ecological restoration, rare plant conservation, and plant-pollinator ecology. He has been a Restoration Ecologist with the Lake County Forest Preserve District for 2.5 years where he manages habitat restoration projects, oversees ecological monitoring programs, and contributes to the conservation of rare plants and pollinators.