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National Pollinator Week

  • June 16-22

 Grassland Restoration Network

  • September 9-11 @ Nachusa Grasslands, IL

The target audience for the GRN workshop are people actively doing/directing high diversity prairie restoration at a significant scale; or doing the science.  The workshop has a lot of field time with some inside talks. 

Sustaining Oaks in the Chicago Wilderness Region

  • September 11–12 @ The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL

The partners in Chicago Wilderness are developing a plan to sustain oaks, both in urban sites and in natural areas. At this two-day conference, the first draft of the Chicago Wilderness Oak Recovery Plan will be presented to gain feedback from a wide range of stakeholders who have an interest in the future of oaks: natural areas managers; municipal and commercial arborists; urban planners; landscape architects; private landowners; public land managers; and representatives of the nursery and landscape industries, government, and nonprofits.


Deeply Rooted in Restoration - 41st Annual Natural Areas Conference

  •  October 15-17 @ Dayton, OH